Subject: Lifestyle / Genre: Black-and-white photographs and Architectural photographs / Resource Type: still image / Collection: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: The restaurant ,located on the second floor, achieves a more elegant look with its sculptural ceiling light panels and the curvilinear back of the banquette on the far wall. The softly curtained windows overlooking the street would have cast an inviting night-time glow.
Date:: 1946-47
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Lee, S. Charles, 1899-1990
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: The curved shapes, the treatment of the staircase, the poster cases, and the recessed lighting panels correspond closely to the rendering (40801). A focal point of the space is the mural of the Western hemisphere framed by the national flags and figures representing its peoples.(40813) Banquettes with mirrored walls above them, flank the auditorium entrance.
Date:: 1946-1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: Lee included a shorter drinking fountain, scaled for children. This was a new idea for the time.
Date:: 1946-47
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Lee, S. Charles, 1899-1990
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: Round stools and round mirrors at the vanity counter and a curved banquette fitted to the curved wall of the ladies' lounge reinforce the Streamline look. Even the wallpaper, printed with a pattern of round tents, echoes the theme.
Date:: 1948-49
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

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