Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- B. Marcus Priteca drawing of the Alexander Pantages Theatre (San Francisco, Calif.)
- Dates:
- circa 1919
- Creators:
- Priteca, Benjamin Marcus
- Containers:
- Drawer: 545
- Extent:
- 3.0 Linear feet (1 flat file folder)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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B. Marcus Priteca drawing of the Alexander Pantages Theatre (San Francisco, Calif.), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The B. Marcus Priteca drawing of the Alexander Pantages Theatre spans 3 linear feet and dates from circa 1919. The collection consists of one drawing in the form of a reprographic copy. The drawing, which is undated, depicts details of the decoration of the box seat walls.
- Biographical / historical:
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Benjamin Marcus Priteca was born in Scotland on December 23, 1889. He received his secondary and university education in Scotland before relocating to Seattle, Washington in the early 1900s. From 1909 to 1911, Priteca was a draftsman for architect E. W. Houghton in Seattle, before opening his own practice. Priteca was retained as the architect for all Pantages Theatres designed between 1910 and 1929, and is well known for the numerous movie theaters he designed over his career. Primarily based in Seattle, Washington Priteca relocated his firm to Los Angeles from 1922 to 1929. Priteca died on October 1, 1971.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Architectural drawings
Reprographic copies - Names:
- Priteca, Benjamin Marcus
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-01-10T11:12-0800
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
- Preferred citation:
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B. Marcus Priteca drawing of the Alexander Pantages Theatre (San Francisco, Calif.), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-2724