Drive-in theatre, Ventura, photograph of rendering
Item Overview
- Title
- Drive-in theatre, Ventura, photograph of rendering
- Photographer
- Morris & Monroe
- Architect
- Lee, S. Charles, 1899-1990
- Date Created
- [between 1919-1962]
- Date
- 1919/1962
- Collection
- S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962
Notes
- Description
- This earliest-known concept for a drive-in theater by Lee, the Ventura Drive-In, shows a sophisticated use of illuminated triangular forms massed alongside the large illuminated screen structure and along the edges of the parking lot, creating an advertising sign for the theater out of the drive-in form itself. The sharp-edged forms are clearly Art Deco in character, a style that is sometimes called Zig-Zag Moderne. The design vocabulary was adapted from usage current in theatre design at the time.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic print
- Dimensions
- 8 x 10 in.
Keywords
- Genre
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Architectural drawings
Renderings - Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
-
Drive-in theaters
Landmarks
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
-
clus_1384_b2_f8_17
0020817 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz000j3dpf
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted