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Paramount Theatre (Oakland, Calif.) Photographs from the Paramount Theatre records [graphic].
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Title:
Photographs from the Paramount Theatre recordsCreator/Contributor:
Paramount Theatre (Oakland, Calif.), creatorCreator/Contributor:
Centorbe, Cathe.Creator/Contributor:
Galloway, Dennis.Creator/Contributor:
Gabriel Moulin StudiosCreator/Contributor:
Commercial StudiosAbstract:
Photographs chiefly document the 1970s restoration of the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, Calif., and the damage and repair
following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Also includes construction photographs, publicity photographs, and photographs
depicting general interiors, exteriors, events and staff.
Date:
ca. 1930-ca. 1990 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caParamount Theatre (Oakland, Calif.) -- Archives
Paramount Theatre (Oakland, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Motion picture theaters -- California -- Oakland -- Photographs
Theaters -- California -- Oakland -- Photographs
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- California -- Oakland -- Photographs
Buildings -- Earthquake effects -- California -- Oakland -- Photographs
Note:
Numerous photographers, including Gabriel Moulin Studios, Cathe Centorbe, Dennis Galloway, Commercial Studios (Oakland), Roger
Minick and Ken Hausmann.
Title devised by cataloger.
4 albums (vols. 1-4) were disbound for preservation purposes. Their contents are filed among the photographic prints in PIC
box 2 (vols. 1-3) and AX folder 2 (vol. 4).
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
NEGATIVESS: RESTRICTED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Reproduction of photographic prints is prohibited under terms of gift. Written permission of the General Manager of the Paramount
Theatre or his/her designee is required.
Photographs from the Paramount Theatre records, BANC PIC 1999.100, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Construction of the Paramount Theatre in downtown Oakland, Calif. was begun by Paramount Publix Corporation, the exhibiting
organization of Paramount Pictures, on December 12, 1930. Financial difficulties forced the sale of the uncompleted building
to Fox-West Coast Theatres, who completed it on December 16, 1931, and operated the facility until it closed for restoration
on September 15, 1970. The building was designed primarily by Timothy L. Pflueger of the architectural firm J.R. Miller and
T.L. Pflueger. The Board of Directors of the Oakland Symphony purchased the building in 1972, and the City of Oakland assumed
ownership in 1975. It was declared a National Historic Landmark on May 5, 1977. The Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 caused
extensive damage; reconstruction was finished by 1996.
Type:
graphicSlides.
Slides, color.
Photograph albums.
Physical Description:
graphic
photonegative
photoprint
slide
transparency
3 boxes, 2 oversize folders and 1 album (ca. 1200 photographic prints and ca. 70 slides), 1 box (ca. 70 negatives and 29 transparencies)
and ca. 400 negatives : b&w and color ; 28 x 36 cm or smaller.
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
NEGATIVESS: RESTRICTED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Reproduction of photographic prints is prohibited under terms of gift. Written permission of the General Manager of the Paramount
Theatre or his/her designee is required.