Drive-in theatre, Arcadia, construction detail

Item Overview

Title

Drive-in theatre, Arcadia, construction detail

Uniform title

Edwards' Drive-in Theatre (Arcadia, Calif.)

Architect

Lee, S. Charles, 1899-1990

Date Created

October 15, 1948

Collection

S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Notes

Description

A series of snapshots taken at the construction site shows how the screen structure was framed on the ground and then tilted up using wooden wheels as fulcrums. This innovative construction technique was borrowed from concrete tilt-slab construction pioneered in Southern California in the early part of the century by Irving Gill and later used by other Southern California modernists.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic print

Dimensions

5 x 3.5 in.

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs
Architectural photographs

Subjects

Drive-in theaters
Landmarks

Longitude

34.1110076

Latitude

-118.0055583

Resource type

still image