Collection: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962 / Subject: Culture - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Transparent glass walls facing the sidewalk and the lobby integrate the shop with the activity going on outside. The display counter and its cabinets and drawers are sleek and cleanly designed, as are the curving lunch counter and its simple chairs. The traditional forms of the glass chandelier lend a touch of historicist elegance to the otherwise stark interior.
Date:: 1946-47
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Lee, S. Charles, 1899-1990
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: The crying room, a feature of many theatres of the period, was a soundproof glass-walled viewing room for mothers with small children. Here the model demonstrates the audio device that transmitted sound to individual viewers. The acoustic tile on the walls began to be widely used in the 1940s and soon became ubiquitous.
Date:: 1946-47
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: Verso of the exterior view, bearing a note complimenting Lee by the manager of the Grand Theatre. Two ceiling fans, some benches painted red and a crying room were all features added to this little theatre.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: Simple lines, recessed wall cabinets illuminated by indirect lighting, the butt-jointed glass display case and the recessed ceiling lighting were all new and fashionable design features of the Moderne of the 1930s and 1940s.
Date:: 1946-47
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

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