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Side view of "The Tombstone", a slab of the St. Francis Dam visible after its disastrous collapse, San Francisquito Canyon, 1928

Description:
Side view of a section of the St. Francis Dam, nicknamed "The Tombstone", after the dam collapsed on March 12, 1928. The resulting flood killed over 400 people, and was considered one of the worst civil engineering failures in American history. The dam collapse caused the second greatest loss of life in California history, second only to the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The St. Francis dam was built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon, near present-day Santa Clarita. William Mulholland was the engineer behind the dam's construction, and the dam failed just hours after he had personally given it a safety inspection, effectively ending his career.
Date:
[circa March 13, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Side view of "The Tombstone", a slab of the St. Francis Dam visible after its disastrous collapse, San Francisquito Canyon, 1928

Distant view towards the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, between 1912 and 1934

Description:
View towards the Beverly Hills Hotel, steps and terraced lawn with palm trees from Sunset Boulevard. The hotel, opened in 1912 by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, was designed by Pasadena architect Elmer Grey in the Mediterranean Revival style, and the gardens were designed by the landscape architect Wilbur David Cook.
Date:
[between 1912 and 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Distant view towards the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, between 1912 and 1934

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, exterior view towards main facade of the church, San Luis Obispo

Description:
Exterior view towards main facade of the church of the Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa topped with a cross, with a terrace enclosed with a baluster railing in front and stairs descending to the street. On the left is an adjoined mission building covered with clapboard siding and with a bell cote and two chimneys on the roof.
Date:
[between 1898 and 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, exterior view towards main facade of the church, San Luis Obispo

Newsreel Theatre "Rio," photograph of rendering

Description:
This design makes good use of a small urban lot by maximizing the advertising space. The design above the marquee is one unit, the design below another. The projecting marquee attracts the attention of both Driver and pedestrian. The exterior could be of concrete, plaster, terra cotta, glass or plastic, the lettering in copper or white metal.
Date:
[between 1919-1962]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962
Newsreel Theatre "Rio," photograph of rendering

Newsreel Theatre "Park," photograph of rendering

Description:
This theatre is designed with a glass front. The box office has an automobile entrance to the parking lot with an automobile exit on the other side of the building. At night varicolored lights play on the façade and the building forms its own reflective background. This design marks a transition to the drive-theatre type.
Date:
[between 1919-1962]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962
Newsreel Theatre "Park," photograph of rendering

Fox Wilshire, Beverly Hills, auditorium, proscenium

Description:
The stage opening is set back deeply into a much larger proscenium arch. The sloping walls and ceiling surrounding the stage are heavily ornamented in gilt or silver plaster relief; the forms are the abstracted designs from nature and geometry typical of Art Deco design. The stage curtain was designed in separate panels that could be raised individually, adjusting the space to stage productions or motion picture screenings and at the same time introducing a dramatic design element.
Date:
1928-30
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Mott Studios (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:
S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962
Fox Wilshire, Beverly Hills, auditorium, proscenium

Newsreel Theatre "Correa," photograph of rendering

Description:
Lee produced a number of designs for newsreel theatres, a type of theatre that would show newsreels on a continuous basis. All the renderings describe in this archive as Theatre Design Concepts are newsreel theatres. The newsreel had been introduced as a short shown before the feature during the 1930s. World War II heightened interest in the newsreel, giving rise to the idea of small theatres showing newsreels only. As technology allowed, Lee began to increase his use of glass and later plastic, both transparent materials that could be used to great effect for buildings whose primary use was at night. Lee's renderings for these designs all show the buildings at night. By using transparent materials, Lee was creating illuminated sculptures that were their own advertisements for the film.Note on reverse: This modern idea has been designed to be inviting, entertaining and smart, to stand out in a busy location. The name on the theatre indicates the design was prepared for Mexico, probably in early 1940s.
Date:
[between 1919-1962]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962
Newsreel Theatre "Correa," photograph of rendering

Drive-in theatre, Ventura, photograph of rendering

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.
Date:
[between 1919-1962]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Morris & Monroe
Collection:
S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962
Drive-in theatre, Ventura, photograph of rendering

Reforma Theatre, Mexico City, rendering

Description:
This theatre and office complex, perhaps taking its name from the Avenida de la Reforma in Mexico City, may be one of Lee's concepts for the Chapultepec Theatre (see 12401-12408) in Mexico City, which was located on the Avenida de la Reforma. The collection contains no photographs of the exterior of the Chapultepec.
Date:
[between 1919-1962]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Luckhaus Studio
Collection:
S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962
Reforma Theatre, Mexico City, rendering

Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, interior view, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Description:
The former Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, located at 214 South Main Street, is one of Los Angeles' few remaining 19th century landmarks and was completed in 1876. The Cathedral was decommissioned at some point between 1994 and 1999 after which it underwent seismic retrofitting and restoration and, in the process, was converted to an event space called Vibiana.
Date:
[circa 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, interior view, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939