Finding Aid for the S. Charles Lee papers LSC.1384
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Title: S. Charles Lee papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1384
Physical Description:
14.0 Linear Feet
(28 boxes and 114 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1919-1962
Abstract: S. Charles Lee (1899-1990) graduated from Technical College, Chicago in 1918 and the Armour Institute of Technology in 1921.
He relocated to Los Angeles in 1922 where he designed numerous theaters and office buildings (1927-40), developed the Los
Angeles International Industrial District (1948) and built several theaters in Mexico City (1942). The Collection contains
drawings, renderings, blueprints, photographs, and surveys relating to Lee's professional career including his work as a developer
and the most prolific architect of art deco movie palaces in Los Angeles.
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- S. Charles Lee bequest, 1990
- Gift of George E. Keiter, 1990 and 1995
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Biography
S. Charles Lee was born in Chicago on September 5, 1899; graduated, Technical College, Chicago, 1918; senior architect, South
Park Board, City of Chicago, 1918; U.S. Navy, 1918-20; graduated, Armour Institute of Technology, Art Institute of Chicago,
1921; moved to Los Angeles, 1921; opened architectural office, Los Angeles, 1922; designed and built Tower Theatre (1927),
Fox Wilshire Theatre and Los Angeles Theatre (1929), Max Factor buildings, Hollywood (1931-35), Fox Florence Theatre (1931),
Municipal Light, Water and Power Buildings, Los Angeles (1934-35), Bruin Theatre (1937), Tower Bowl, San Diego (1940), and
built several theaters in Mexico City (1942); honored by Royal Institute of British Architects at International Exhibit of
Contemporary Architects, London, 1934; began partnership with Sam Hayden, 1948; began development of Los Angeles International
Airport Industrial District, 1948; established S. Charles Lee Foundation, 1962; named Vice Consul to Beverly Hills! by President
of Panama, 1963; established S. Charles Lee Chair, UCLA Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, 1986; died in
1990.
Biographical Narrative
Born Simeon Charles Levi in Chicago in 1899, Lee was the son of American-born parents of German-Jewish ancestry, Julius and
Hattie (Stiller) Levi. Lee (who later changed his name from Levi) grew up in the Chicago of Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan,
and Frank Lloyd Wright. Lee's own favorite building was Sullivan's Carson Pirie Scott Department Store. He also grew up with
the evolving motion picture; he went to vaudeville theatres, nickolodeons,and early movie houses. A tinkerer interested in
mechanical things, Lee built three motorcars as a teenager.
His interest in mechanics took him to Lake Technical High School in Chicago. He started out in architecture in 1915 by working
after school in the office of Chicago architect Henry Newhouse, a family friend. Newhouse specialized in theatre design: small
motion picture houses, nickolodeons and remodeling storefronts into theatres. After graduation in 1916, Lee attended Chicago
Technical College, graduating with honors in 1918. His first job was as architect for the South Park Board of the City of
Chicago. During World War I he enlisted in the Navy. After his discharge in 1920, he entered the Armour Institute of Technology
to study architecture. The course followed the principles of the Ecole des Beaux Arts and this training is reflected in the
composition and imagery of his later drawings. It is also reflected in his own emphasis on the plan as the driving force of
the design. This practical approach would serve him well in his many commercial designs.
Other influences on the young architect were Sullivan's lectures in his architecture classes and Wright's work, particularly
Midway Gardens and Wright's house and studio in Oak Park. Lee was also impressed by the 1922 Chicago Tribune tower competition,
which juxtaposed historicism with modernism. Lee considered himself a modernist, and his career revealed both the Beaux Arts
discipline and emphasis on planning and the modernist functionalism and freedom of form (Valentine, p.32). He was also a pragmatist,
designing his buildings to support and enhance the commercial ventures they housed.
Scheid
3/13/2000
Chronology
1899 |
Born Chicago, Illinois. |
1914 |
Built full-scale gas-powered automobile. |
1915 |
Licensed radio operator. |
[191_] |
Graduated Technical College, Chicago, with honors. |
1918 |
Senior architect, South Park Board, City of Chicago. |
1918-20 |
Served United States Navy, Great Lakes Training Station. |
1921 |
Graduated Armour Institute of Technology, Art Institute, Chicago. |
[192_] |
Worked in office of Rapp and Rapp, Chicago. |
1921 |
Came to Los Angeles. |
|
Licensed by State of Illinois to practice architecture. |
1922 |
Opened architectural office in Los Angeles. |
1920s |
Designed and built houses, apartment buildings, hotels. |
1927 |
Married Miriam (Midge) Zelda Aisenstein, Los Angeles. |
|
Designed and built Tower Theatre, Los Angeles. |
1928 |
Daughter Constance born, Los Angeles. |
|
Designed and built Hollywood-Western Building for Motion Picture Producers Association, Hollywood. |
1929 |
Designed and built Fox Wilshire Theatre, Beverly Hills. |
|
Designed and built Los Angeles Theatre, Los Angeles. |
1931 |
Designed and built Fox Florence Theatre, Beverly Hills. |
1931-35 |
Designed and built Max Factor Buildings, Hollywood. |
1930s |
Designed dozens of commercial buildings and remodellings. |
1934 |
Honored by Royal Institute of British Architects at International Exhibit of Contemporary Architects, London. |
1934-35 |
Designed and built Municipal Light, Water and Power Buildings, Los Angeles. |
1935 |
Licensed airplane pilot. |
1935-50 |
Designed and built scores of small theatres throughout California and elsewhere in United States. |
1937 |
Designed and built Bruin Theatre, Los Angeles. |
1939 |
Designed and built Academy Theatre, Inglewood. |
1940 |
Designed and built Twoer Bowl, San Diego. |
1942 |
Built several theatres, Mexico City. |
1948 |
Began partnership with Sam Hayden. |
|
Began development of International Airport Industrial District. |
1948-50s |
Built dozens of small factories throughout Los Angeles. |
1959 |
Began serving on Board of Directors, Braille Institute (treasurer). |
1960 |
Wife died, Los Angeles. |
1962 |
Established S. Charles Lee Foundation. |
1963 |
Named Vice Consul to Beverly Hills by President of Panama. |
1966 |
Married Hylda Moss, Buenos Aires. |
1968 |
Received Presidential Medal, Order of Vasco Nuñez Balboa, Panama's highest order of merit. |
1974 |
Named Consul to Beverly Hills from Panama. |
1986 |
Established S. Charles Lee Chair, UCLA Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Los Angeles. |
Sources:
- Biography of S. Charles Lee issued by Mr. Lee's office; John M. Grenner, Ed.D.
- Interview with Mr. Lee, December 14, 1984
-
Men of California 1925-26
- S. Charles Lee Collection, UCLA
- Maggie Valentine, Conversations with Mr. Lee, 1984-86
Scope and Content
Collection contains drawings, renderings, blueprints, photographs, and surveys relating to the professional career of architect
S. Charles Lee. Most of the collection reflects his work as a developer and the most prolific architect of art deco movie
palaces in Los Angeles.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Photographs (14 Boxes).
- Surveys (7 Boxes).
- Negatives (7 Boxes).
- Blueprints (114 Oversize boxes)
- Drawings, plans, renderings (172 Oversize folders).
Arranged alphabetically by client and project name.
Related Material
The following oral histories are available through the UCLA Library Center for Oral History Research:
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architectural drawings (visual works).
Motion picture theaters -- Design and construction.
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- California.
Architects -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives
Blueprints.
Photographs.
box 1, folder 1
Academy Theatre. - Inglewood
1939
Physical Description: Perspective sketch.
box 1, folder 1
Academy Theatre. - Inglewood
1939
Physical Description: Foyer.
box 1, folder 1
Academy Theatre. - Inglewood
1939
Physical Description: Ladies' powder room.
box 1, folder 1
Academy Theatre. - Inglewood
1939
Physical Description: Auditorium entrance.
box 1, folder 1
Academy Theatre. - Inglewood
1939
Physical Description: Auditorium.
box 1, folder 1
Academy Theatre. - Inglewood
1939
Physical Description: Lobby doors and box office.
box 1, folder 1
Academy Theatre. - Inglewood
1939
Physical Description: Tower at night.
box 1, folder 1
Academy Theatre. - Inglewood
1939
Physical Description: Facade.
box 1, folder 1
Academy Theatre. - Inglewood
1939
Physical Description: Art glass panel.
box 1, folder 2
Admiral Theatre. - Hollywood
1939-1940
Physical Description: Facade.
box 1, folder 2
Admiral Theatre. - Hollywood
1939-1940
Physical Description: Perspective sketch.
box 1, folder 3
Alex Theatre. - Glendale
1940
Physical Description: Facade, before remodel.
box 1, folder 3
Alex Theatre. - Glendale
1940
Physical Description: Facade, after remodel.
box 1, folder 4
Alhambra Theatre
Physical Description: 2 renderings Hoffman-Luckhaus.
box 1, folder 5
Alpha Theatre
Physical Description: No location-prototype. 1 rendering.
box 1, folder 6
Alvarado Theatre. - Los Angeles
1936
Physical Description: Facade before remodel.
box 1, folder 6
Alvarado Theatre. - Los Angeles
1936
Physical Description: Facade before remodel, with crowd.
box 1, folder 6
Alvarado Theatre. - Los Angeles
1936
Physical Description: Facade after remodel.
box 1, folder 7
American Theatre - Newhall.
box 1, folder 8
Anaheim Theatre. - Anaheim.
1936
box 1, folder 9
Arcade Theatre. - Los Angeles.
1937-1938
box 1, folder 10
Arden Theatre. - Lynwood
1942-1947
Physical Description: Foyer, art glass panel.
box 1, folder 10
Arden Theatre. - Lynwood
1942-1947
Physical Description: Facade night.
box 1, folder 10
Arden Theatre. - Lynwood
1942-1947
Physical Description: Foyer, candy counter.
box 1, folder 10
Arden Theatre. - Lynwood
1942-1947
Physical Description: Facade day.
box 1, folder 10
Arden Theatre. - Lynwood
1942-1947
Physical Description: Construction.
box 1, folder 11
Avo Theatre. - Vista.
1948
box 1, folder 12
Bard's Theatre - Los Angeles.
box 1, folder 13
Bay Theatre. - Pacific Palisades
1948-1949
Physical Description: Entrance ladies' lounge.
box 1, folder 13
Bay Theatre. - Pacific Palisades
1948-1949
Physical Description: Candy Counter.
box 1, folder 13
Bay Theatre. - Pacific Palisades
1948-1949
Physical Description: Auditorium.
box 1, folder 13
Bay Theatre. - Pacific Palisades
1948-1949
Physical Description: Lee on construction site.
box 1, folder 13
Bay Theatre. - Pacific Palisades
1948-1949
Physical Description: Foyer.
box 1, folder 13
Bay Theatre. - Pacific Palisades
1948-1949
Physical Description: Exterior opening night.
box 1, folder 13
Bay Theatre. - Pacific Palisades
1948-1949
Physical Description: Mural upper foyer.
box 1, folder 13
Bay Theatre. - Pacific Palisades
1948-1949
Physical Description: Lee at opening.
box 1, folder 13
Bay Theatre. - Pacific Palisades
1948-1949
Physical Description: Mural main foyer.
box 1, folder 13
Bay Theatre. - Pacific Palisades
1948-1949
Physical Description: Perspective sketch.
box 1, folder 14
Berkeley Theatre - Berkeley.
box 1, folder 15
Beverly Theatre. - Beverly Hills
1936
Physical Description: Perspective sketch.
box 1, folder 16
Big Bear Theatre. - Big Bear
1944
Physical Description: Perspective sketch.
box 1, folder 17
Bruin Theatre. - Los Angeles
1937
Physical Description: Foyer.
box 1, folder 17
Bruin Theatre. - Los Angeles
1937
Physical Description: Perspective sketch.
box 1, folder 17
Bruin Theatre. - Los Angeles
1937
Physical Description: Floor plan.
box 1, folder 18
Bundy Theatre. - Santa Monica.
1941
box 1, folder 19
Calco Theatre. - South Gate.
ca. 1946
box 1, folder 21
Carlos Theatre. - San Carlos
1939-1940
Physical Description: Foyer.
box 1, folder 21
Carlos Theatre. - San Carlos
1939-1940
Physical Description: Auditorium mural.
box 1, folder 21
Carlos Theatre. - San Carlos
1939-1940
Physical Description: Exterior night.
box 1, folder 21
Carlos Theatre. - San Carlos
1939-1940
Physical Description: Exterior day.
box 1, folder 21
Carlos Theatre. - San Carlos
1939-1940
Physical Description: Auditorium.
box 1, folder 21
Carlos Theatre. - San Carlos
1939-1940
Physical Description: Perspective sketch.
box 1, folder 22
Carmel Theatre. - Carmel.
1935
box 1, folder 24
Chapultepec Theatre. - Mexico City
1943-1944
Physical Description: View from balcony.
box 1, folder 24
Chapultepec Theatre. - Mexico City
1943-1944
Physical Description: Lounge entrance.
box 1, folder 24
Chapultepec Theatre. - Mexico City
1943-1944
Physical Description: Foyer fountain.
box 1, folder 24
Chapultepec Theatre. - Mexico City
1943-1944
Physical Description: Stair in foyer.
box 1, folder 24
Chapultepec Theatre. - Mexico City
1943-1944
Physical Description: Mezzanine soda fountain.
box 1, folder 24
Chapultepec Theatre. - Mexico City
1943-1944
Physical Description: Inside foyer.
box 1, folder 24
Chapultepec Theatre. - Mexico City
1943-1944
Physical Description: Outer lobby.
box 1, folder 24
Chapultepec Theatre. - Mexico City
1943-1944
Physical Description: Proscenium.
box 2, folder 1
Chino Theatre. - Chino
1947
Physical Description: Construction.
box 2, folder 1
Chino Theatre. - Chino
1947
Physical Description: Perspective sketch day.
box 2, folder 1
Chino Theatre. - Chino
1947
Physical Description: Projection room, projectionist.
box 2, folder 1
Chino Theatre. - Chino
1947
Physical Description: Foyer art glass panel.
box 2, folder 1
Chino Theatre. - Chino
1947
Physical Description: Auditorium.
box 2, folder 1
Chino Theatre. - Chino
1947
Physical Description: Foyer opening night.
box 2, folder 1
Chino Theatre. - Chino
1947
Physical Description: Exterior gala premiere.
box 2, folder 1
Chino Theatre. - Chino
1947
Physical Description: Perspective sketch night.
box 2, folder 1
Chino Theatre. - Chino
1947
Physical Description: Exterior day.
box 2, folder 2
Chotiner Theatre - Pasadena Project.
box 2, folder 3
Cinema Theatre - Los Angeles.
box 2, folder 5
De Anza Theatre. - Riverside
1937-1939
Physical Description: Facade
Physical Description:
General note
Streamline Moderne
box 2, folder 5
De Anza Theatre. - Riverside,
1937-1939
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, Rendering of the De Anza Theatre at 123 Elm Street in Riverside, California
Physical Description:
General note
The De Anza is a modest, simplified Streamline Moderne style theatre appropriate for a small city. Differences between the
rendering and the exterior of the finished building show that much of the streamlining was eliminated, with the exception
of the curved façade at the corner and the curved form of the pylon. The photographer, Julius Shulman, captured the new theatre
in full sunlight with deep shadows; his image accentuates the dramatic black and white contrasts and the sculptural forms
of the building. The gently curved blond wood-paneled walls of the auditorium and the flowing figures executed in bas relief
flanking the screen carry out the Streamline Moderne theme. The curving, wood-paneled foyer displays a bas relief wood-on-wood
mural depicting the arrival of Spanish explorer De Anza in California. An extravagantly curved couch, streamlined settees
with curved arms and backs, and a table with curving legs furnish the ladies' lounge. The boxed chandelier susp! ended from
the ceiling is typical of the Moderne taste for soft, indirect lighting. Shulman's photograph takes advantage of the strong
natural light from the windows to create a study in light and shadow.
box 2, folder 5
De Anza Theatre. - Riverside
1937-1939
Physical Description: Auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
Streamline Moderne
box 2, folder 5
De Anza Theatre. - Riverside
1937-1939
Physical Description: Lounge
Physical Description:
General note
Streamline Moderne
box 2, folder 5
De Anza Theatre. - Riverside
1937-1939
Physical Description: Foyer
Physical Description:
General note
Streamline Moderne
box 2, folder 6
Dinuba Theatre. - Dinuba.
1940-1941
box 2, folder 7
Disney Theatre. - Burbank
1939-1941
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
The Disney Theatre was used for private screenings on the Disney lot. Lee's concept shows a glistening exterior of shiny materials,
perhaps glass or ceramic tile. To add height and presence to the building, Lee set the entrance up on a podium and accented
the semi-circular Streamline Moderne façade with vertical tower forms. A broad overhanging marquee echoes the circular form
of the façade; its recessed lights illuminate the glass-walled foyer and the area around the entrance.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - Arcadia
1948
Physical Description: Construction detail
Physical Description:
General note
A series of snapshots taken at the construction site shows how the screen structure was framed on the ground and then tilted
up using wooden wheels as fulcrums. This innovative construction technique was borrowed from concrete tilt-slab construction
pioneered in Southern California in the early part of the century by Irving Gill and later used by other Southern California
modernists.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - Arcadia
1948
Physical Description: Sign
Physical Description:
General note
Lee gave the sign (4) a Streamline Moderne look, but the screen structure (5) itself is almost completely utilitarian.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres - Ventura
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
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. A note on the back of the print reads: Original Conception Drive-In Plans Completed - Project not constructed.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - Arcadia
1948
Physical Description: Construction
Physical Description:
General note
A series of snapshots taken at the construction site shows how the screen structure was framed on the ground and then tilted
up using wooden wheels as fulcrums. This innovative construction technique was borrowed from concrete tilt-slab construction
pioneered in Southern California in the early part of the century by Irving Gill and later used by other Southern California
modernists.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - San Diego
1948
Physical Description: Screen, parking view
Physical Description:
General note
This view of the screen shows the typical Drive-in parking lot and speaker stanchions. The wings flanking the projection screen
were built to deflect light from passing cars and also to obstruct the view of the screen from non-paying viewers outside
the parking lot.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - Arcadia
1948
Physical Description: Construction
Physical Description:
General note
A series of snapshots taken at the construction site shows how the screen structure was framed on the ground and then tilted
up using wooden wheels as fulcrums. This innovative construction technique was borrowed from concrete tilt-slab construction
pioneered in Southern California in the early part of the century by Irving Gill and later used by other Southern California
modernists.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - Arcadia
1948
Physical Description: Construction
Physical Description:
General note
A series of snapshots taken at the construction site shows how the screen structure was framed on the ground and then tilted
up using wooden wheels as fulcrums. This innovative construction technique was borrowed from concrete tilt-slab construction
pioneered in Southern California in the early part of the century by Irving Gill and later used by other Southern California
modernists.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - Arcadia
1948
Physical Description: Construction
Physical Description:
General note
A series of snapshots taken at the construction site shows how the screen structure was framed on the ground and then tilted
up using wooden wheels as fulcrums. This innovative construction technique was borrowed from concrete tilt-slab construction
pioneered in Southern California in the early part of the century by Irving Gill and later used by other Southern California
modernists.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - Arcadia
1948
Physical Description: Construction
Physical Description:
General note
A series of snapshots taken at the construction site shows how the screen structure was framed on the ground and then tilted
up using wooden wheels as fulcrums. This innovative construction technique was borrowed from concrete tilt-slab construction
pioneered in Southern California in the early part of the century by Irving Gill and later used by other Southern California
modernists.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - San Diego
1948
Physical Description: Sign
Physical Description:
General note
Snapshot view of the El Rancho Drive-In sign.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - San Diego
1948
Physical Description: Screen, street view
Physical Description:
General note
The Rancho Drive-In in San Diego was built in the same year (1948) as the Edwards Drive-In in Arcadia. Although no construction
photos survive, the construction technique was presumably similar. In this example, Lee used the street side of the screen
structure to feature a colorful mural-like scene of the Mexican landscape illuminated from behind, a cultural reference appropriate
to the border city of San Diego.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - Arcadia
1948
Physical Description: Screen, parking view
Physical Description:
General note
This view of the screen (7) from the parking lot shows the angled parking bays and speaker posts.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres - El Monte
Physical Description: Aerial view
Physical Description:
General note
Drive-in theatre, El Monte, California. Aerial view.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - Arcadia
1948
Physical Description: Screen, pylon sign from street
Physical Description:
General note
The completed theater (3) relies on a monumental sign perpendicular to the screen structure to attract customers.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - Arcadia
1948
Physical Description: Bird's-eye rendering
Physical Description:
General note
The Drive-in theatre concept was first tried in the mid-1930s, but only after World War II did the idea gain widespread acceptance.
Lee designed several Drive-in theaters, a type especially suited to the mild climate and car-dependent economy of Southern
California. The Drive-in allowed the whole family to go to the movies in the family car, with no need for a baby-sitter. It
also proved especially popular with dating teen-agers, who found Drive-ins the ideal refuge from watchful adult eyes. The
Drive-in was also cheap to build. A large piece of land, a structure to display the screen and smaller buildings for tickets,
refreshments and the projector were all that was needed. The parking lot was usually graded to provide the parked cars with
a good angle for viewing the screen, and each space was equipped with a speaker that could be hooked to the dashboard to bring
the sound into the car.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - Arcadia
1948
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's renderings for the Edwards Drive-In in Arcadia (1948) show both a perspective plan (1) and a perspective from the road
(2). The theater was planned in conjunction with Arcadia's Royal Oaks subdivision, hence the image of the oak and the reference
to oaks in the original scheme.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - Arcadia
1948
Physical Description: Screen, street view
Physical Description:
General note
Lee gave the sign (4) a Streamline Moderne look, but the screen structure (5) itself is almost completely utilitarian.
box 2, folder 8
Drive-in Theatres. - Arcadia
1948
Physical Description: Structure detail
Physical Description:
General note
To give the screen structure a more substantial-looking base, Lee designed a series of tall ladder-like structures (6) that
he covered with translucent corrugated plastic panels. This structure may have been illuminated from within at night to attract
customers.
box 2, folder 9
Egyptian Theatre. - Long Beach?
1936
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's concept rendering for a storefront theatre in the popular Egyptian theme betrays little attention on the façade to Egyptian-derived
elements. The tall pylon sign, the illuminated marque extended out over the sidewalk, and the dramatically curved forms all
serve to advertise the product to the audience on the street.
box 2, folder 10
Follies Theatre
Physical Description: Foyer
Physical Description:
General note
The foyer was a small cramped space, used only for collecting tickets.
box 2, folder 10
Follies Theatre
Physical Description: Auditorium, boxes
Physical Description:
General note
Box seats were also available at the sides of the main or orchestra level.
box 2, folder 10
Follies Theatre
Physical Description: Lobby entrance
Physical Description:
General note
The Lee collection contains a number of photographs of theatres that Lee was charged with remodeling. This series of photos
of a turn-of-the-century vaudeville theatre illustrates, by contrast, the innovations developed by architects for motion picture
theatres. The entry to these older theatres was often off the street, through a long hallway. Advertising displays were merely
cardboard signs.
box 2, folder 10
Follies Theatre
Physical Description: Auditorium, balcony
Physical Description:
General note
Traditional-style chandeliers hung from the ceiling.
box 2, folder 10
Follies Theatre
Physical Description: Auditorium, proscenium
Physical Description:
General note
All design attention and expense were focused on the elaborate Beaux Arts-style auditorium, which featured a proscenium flanked
by protruding boxes.
box 2, folder 12
Fox Long Beach Theatre (West Coast Theatre). - Long Beach
1931
Physical Description: Auditorium, proscenium
Physical Description:
General note
The Beaux Arts style interior features a proscenium arch framed by pseudo quoins and flanked by giant compositions of paired
columns centered by oversize sculptures and cartouches. There is clearly a stage behind the curtain and the organ used to
accompany silent motion pictures is seen at the lower left. The perforated panel in the center of the ceiling is a ventilation
vent.
box 2, folder 12
Fox Long Beach Theatre (West Coast Theatre). - Long Beach
1931
Physical Description: Facade
Physical Description:
General note
Lee designed an elegant Beaux Arts style theatre to be used both for legitimate stage shows and motion pictures for the Southern
California beach city, Long Beach. The massive poured-concrete building with its monumental cornice centered by a giant cartouche
dominated the urban landscape of downtown Long Beach. The retail shop fronts at street level give a sense of the scale of
the building.
box 2, folder 12
Fox Long Beach Theatre (West Coast Theatre). - Long Beach
1931
Physical Description: Auditorium, lantern
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's design for the ceiling lanterns incorporates traditional motifs such as fleurs-de-lys and sunbursts, while using sharp-edged
geometry borrowed from Art Deco motifs.
box 2, folder 12
Fox Long Beach Theatre (West Coast Theatre). - Long Beach
1931
Physical Description: Foyer
Physical Description:
General note
The foyer is low-ceilinged and relatively narrow. It serves primarily as access to the balcony. The pylons atop the newel
posts echo the giant pylons on the façade. The coffered and stenciled ceiling is a scaled-down version of the auditorium ceiling.
box 2, folder 12
Fox Long Beach Theatre (West Coast Theatre). - Long Beach
1931
Physical Description: Auditorium detail
Physical Description:
General note
Larger-than-life sculptures of women representing comedy and tragedy flank the stage; such representations are common motifs
in theatre design. Both the statues and the surrounding columns are of cast stone. The columns are painted to simulate marble.
box 2, folder 12
Fox Long Beach Theatre (West Coast Theatre). - Long Beach
1931
Physical Description: Auditorium rear
Physical Description:
General note
This view shows the lower and upper balconies. The side walls were painted to simulate masonry with superimposed pilasters.
Lee designed unusual indirect lighting fixtures and shades for the ceiling, side walls and under the balcony.
box 2, folder 12
Fox Long Beach Theatre (West Coast Theatre). - Long Beach
1931
Physical Description: Mezzanine
Physical Description:
General note
The mezzanine floor offers access to the lower balcony and stairs lead up to the upper balcony. The vaulted ceiling features
stenciled beams with some arches filled in with stenciled garlands reminiscent of designs by Adams. Settees and chairs reflect
the scale of the building.
box 2, folder 13
Fox Phoenix Theatre. - Phoenix
1930-1931
Physical Description: Ladies' lounge
Physical Description:
General note
In the ladies' lounge, Lee scaled down the furniture and used curves and rounded edges. Individual vanities with shelves,
seats and mirrors were typical of large motion picture theatres of the period. The bouquet of flowers on the table indicates
that the photograph was taken at the time of the opening.
box 2, folder 13
Fox Phoenix Theatre. - Phoenix
1930-1931
Physical Description: Auditorium,balcony
Physical Description:
General note
On this wall an archer takes aim at a gazelle, while birds fly overhead. Jewel-like lanterns composed of geometrically shaped
glass panes hang from the ceiling.
box 2, folder 13
Fox Phoenix Theatre. - Phoenix
1930-1931
Physical Description: Box office, lobby
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's design for the lobby, with the sunburst design on the terrazzo floor, repeated in the ceiling lights, the gilded zig-zag
chevron motifs over the doors and the heavy gilded ornament of the box office illustrates his motto: The show started on the
sidewalk.
box 2, folder 13
Fox Phoenix Theatre. - Phoenix
1930-1931
Physical Description: Auditorium, proscenium
Physical Description:
General note
The walls and ceiling are decorated with swirling Art Deco and Zig-Zag motifs, accented by a pair of leaping mythical gazelles
above the proscenium. Above them a gilded sunburst spreads out over the ceiling, an ornament incorporating the air intake
grille of the ventilation system. The fire curtain displays an abstracted version of the Arizona desert landscape. Gilded
grilles echoing the design of the box office and topped by sunbursts flank the proscenium above the front exits. The theatre
organ, to accompany silent motion pictures, is at the front of the auditorium.
box 2, folder 13
Fox Phoenix Theatre. - Phoenix
1930-1931
Physical Description: Construction
Physical Description:
General note
This photograph of the theatre under construction shows the auditorium space offset to the left, belying the symmetry of the
façade.
box 2, folder 13
Fox Phoenix Theatre. - Phoenix
1930-1931
Physical Description: Auditorium pylon detail
Physical Description:
General note
This photograph shows the base of one of the cast stone auditorium pilasters before installation.
box 2, folder 13
Fox Phoenix Theatre. - Phoenix
1930-193
Physical Description: Lounge
Physical Description:
General note
In the commodious upstairs lounge, Lee repeated the sunburst motif in the doors to the men's and ladies' rooms. A drinking
fountain set into a marble niche was framed by an abstract fountain design painted on the wall. Sculptures of rearing horses
set on the tables introduce a Western theme. The large-scale furnishings with their angular forms are similar to those in
the foyer.
box 2, folder 13
Fox Phoenix Theatre. - Phoenix
1930-1931
Physical Description: Facade
Physical Description:
General note
The Fox Phoenix Theatre of 1930-1931 was one of Lee's largest and most elaborate creations. Designed in the sharp-edged, abstract
Zig-Zag Moderne style, the building covered half of one of Phoenix's giant city blocks and had retail shop fronts at the sidewalk.
Colored translucent glass in an Art Deco design decorated the transoms above the display windows. The auditorium is offset
to the left behind the symmetrical façade. The foyer is in the interior of the building. A vertical neon sign mounted on the
central pylon above the marquee advertises the theatre, while a temporary sign on the marquee advertises a cool interior,
an important advantage in Phoenix's desert climate.
box 2, folder 13
Fox Phoenix Theatre. - Phoenix
1930-1931
Physical Description: Mezzanine ?
Physical Description:
General note
The foyer ceiling is decorated with large-scale Art Deco designs abstracted from leaf, flower, sun and wave forms. The arched
ceiling is squared off and accentuated by wooden moldings forming broad ribs. Furniture, mirror and lights are all squared
off with cut corners, contrasting with the curving forms painted on the ceiling. Even the carpet design exhibits angular diagonals.
box 2, folder 13
Fox Phoenix Theatre. - Phoenix
1930-1931
Physical Description: Auditorium, side wall
Physical Description:
General note
Mythical gazelle-like creatures romp in the abstract landscape decorating the auditorium walls. Sunbursts top the scalloped
border of the scene at the top of the wall. Angular pilasters interrupt the wall surface; they probably house ventilation
or sound ducts.
box 2, folder 13
Fox Phoenix Theatre. - Phoenix
1930-1931
Physical Description: Construction site
Physical Description:
General note
A photograph of the construction site shows the extent of the theatre in relationship to nearby buildings and the surrounding
low-rise urban context.
box 2, folder 13
Fox Phoenix Theatre. - Phoenix
1930-1931
Physical Description: Foyer stair
Physical Description:
General note
The most striking feature of the foyer is the dramatic curving staircase to the lounge and balcony. Slender metal poles topped
with glass disks and globes accentuate the curving form that appears to float in the space, outlined by the delicate filigree
of the metal railing.
box 2, folder 14
Fox Redondo Theatre. - Redondo Beach
1937-1939
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, variant design
Physical Description:
General note
In this concept drawing, Lee proposes another more elaborate Streamline Moderne design for the Fox Redondo Beach remodel.
box 2, folder 14
Fox Redondo Theatre. - Redondo Beach
1937-1939
Physical Description: Exterior before remodel
Physical Description:
General note
The old Fox Redondo Beach theatre was slated for a remodel and Lee presented two concepts. This photo shows the building to
be remodeled. Written on back of photo: Theatre as it appears from main business section of Redondo.
box 2, folder 14
Fox Redondo Theatre. - Redondo Beach
1937-1939
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, hand-colored
Physical Description:
General note
Restyled as the Vogue Theatre, this concept replaces the previous Spanish Colonial Revival façade with a Streamline Moderne
design current in the late 1930s.
box 2, folder 15
Fox Theatre. - Bakersfield
1929-1930
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's concept for the Fox Theatre in Bakersfield envisioned a major retail center anchored by the theatre on the corner and
advertised by a multi-story tower rising at the corner. Designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, the building featured
a series of arcades at street level, mission tile on the roof, white stucco walls, and elaborate Churrigueresque detailing
in cast stone on the tower, especially around the tower windows.
box 2, folder 15
Fox Theatre. - Bakersfield
1929-1930
Physical Description: Auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
The auditorium is a so-called atmosphere theatre, a popular design type which created a stage set surrounding the audience.
In this example, the auditorium simulates a Spanish Colonial Revival village into which the audience enters to see the show.
Simulated buildings project from the walls, ivy hangs from their balconies and windows, trees painted on the wall behind provide
a natural setting, and the whole is illuminated to create a realistic effect. Above is the dark sky, painted with clouds and
featuring twinkling lights simulating the stars.
box 2, folder 15
Fox Theatre. - Bakersfield
1929-1930
Physical Description: Exterior (publication)
Physical Description:
General note
Considerably simplified and scaled down, the finished theatre retained its tower and some of the Churrigueresque detailing
around the two lower tower windows. The square tower features a clock at the top. The stark poured concrete building maximizes
the square footage of the lot. The marquee and arcade at street level and the curvilinear gable and balcony on the left wall
relieve the severity of the design.
box 2, folder 15
Fox Theatre. - Bakersfield
1929-1930
Physical Description: Stair
Physical Description:
General note
Massive arches and stenciled decoration on the staircase walls carry out the Spanish Colonial Revival theme.
box 2, folder 15
Fox Theatre. - Bakersfield
1929-1930
Physical Description: Foyer
Physical Description:
General note
Dramatic sloping beams (in poured concrete) stenciled in geometric designs enliven the foyer.
box 2, folder 15
Fox Theatre. - Bakersfield
1929-1930
Physical Description: Foyer, tapestry
Physical Description:
General note
Tapestries depicting a map (right) and the Conquistadores encountering Native Americans decorate the foyer walls.
box 3, folder 1
Fox Wilshire Theatre. - Beverly Hills
1928-1930
Physical Description: Foyer, perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
The concept for the foyer proposed a domed ceiling, executed perhaps in stained glass or in paint on plaster. Curved staircases
lead to the mezzanine above.
box 3, folder 1
Fox Wilshire Theatre. - Beverly Hills
1928-1930
Physical Description: Detail
Physical Description:
General note
This abstract floral and leaf design executed in cast stone was probably part of a screen over a ventilation or sound duct
at the side of the proscenium arch.
box 3, folder 1
Fox Wilshire Theatre. - Beverly Hills
1928-1930
Physical Description: Ladies' lounge
Physical Description:
General note
For the ladies' lounge, Lee used reflective black wall surfaces, angular mirrors, a white ceiling and zig-zag shaped vanity
lights to create the glamorous sophisticated look associated with Hollywood in the 1920s.
box 3, folder 1
Fox Wilshire Theatre. - Beverly Hills
1928-1930
Physical Description: Exterior, interiors (publication)
Physical Description:
General note
Four photographs published at the time of the opening show the mezzanine, (top right), the exterior (center), the foyer (lower
left), and the auditorium (lower right).
box 3, folder 1
Fox Wilshire Theatre. - Beverly Hills
1928-1930
Physical Description: Construction, May 8, 1930
Physical Description:
General note
The angular-shaped tower dominates the already completed walls of the auditorium and stage flies.
box 3, folder 1
Fox Wilshire Theatre. - Beverly Hills
1928-1930
Physical Description: Exterior night
Physical Description:
General note
The Fox Wilshire on opening night illuminated by spotlights and draped with bunting. The exterior design was a much simplified
version of Lee's many concepts. The Fox sign became the most prominent attribute of the tower at night.
box 3, folder 1
Fox Wilshire Theatre. - Beverly Hills
1928-1930
Physical Description: Construction, February 27, 1930
Physical Description:
General note
This construction photo shows the basement and the mass of wood framing used to make the forms for the poured concrete. The
large derrick in the background was used to lift the materials and equipment up as the building rose.
box 3, folder 1
Fox Wilshire Theatre. - Beverly Hills
1928-1930
Physical Description: Auditorium, proscenium
Physical Description:
General note
The stage curtain panels in another possible configuration.
box 3, folder 1
Fox Wilshire Theatre. - Beverly Hills
1928-1930
Physical Description: Auditorium, proscenium
Physical Description:
General note
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 to adjust the space
to stage productions or motion picture screenings while introducing a dramatic design element at the same time.
box 3, folder 1
Fox Wilshire Theatre. - Beverly Hills
1928-1930
Physical Description: Construction, March 27, 1930
Physical Description:
General note
Here, two derricks are operating as the building rises on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard.
box 3, folder 1
Fox Wilshire Theatre. - Beverly Hills
1928-1930
Physical Description: Auditorium, perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
The interior design concept was in lavish Art Deco with contrasting light and dark (probably black and silver or gilt).
box 3, folder 1
Fox Wilshire Theatre. - Beverly Hills
1928-1930
Physical Description: Auditorium, proscenium
Physical Description:
General note
The stage curtain in place for motion picture screening.
box 3, folder 1
Fox Wilshire Theatre. - Beverly Hills
1928-1930
Physical Description: Exterior renderings (publication)
Physical Description:
General note
This publication shows three of Lee's many concepts for this lavish and important building in Beverly Hills. The building
opened on September 19, 1930, only weeks before the stock market crash. Several sketches for the landmark tower survive in
the Lee collection.
box 3, folder 2
Fremont Theatre. - San Luis Obispo.
1941-1942
box 3, folder 3
Garmar Theatre. - Montebello
1949-1950
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 3, folder 3
Garmar Theatre. - Montebello
1949-1950
Physical Description: Entrance, marquee
Physical Description:
box 3, folder 3
Garmar Theatre. - Montebello
1949-1950
Physical Description: Auditorium
Physical Description:
box 3, folder 3
Garmar Theatre. - Montebello
1949-1950
Physical Description: Crying room
Physical Description:
box 3, folder 3
Garmar Theatre. - Montebello
1949-1950
Physical Description: Projection room
Physical Description:
box 3, folder 4
Gentry Theatre. - Compton.
1937
box 3, folder 5
Grand Theatre. - Clarkdale Arizona
1936
Physical Description: Handwritten note on reverse
Physical Description:
General note
Correspondence.
box 3, folder 5
Grand Theatre. - Clarke?dale Arizona
1936
Physical Description: Collage, exterior and interior
Physical Description:
General note
This 250 seat theatre for the United Verde Copper company in Clarkdale, Arizona was probably Lee's simplest design and smallest
commission. The crowd of people in front of the theatre, the handwritten note on the reverse of the picture, and the letter
from the theatre manager all attest to the appreciation of this small theatre in a remote town in northern Arizona.
box 3, folder 5
Grand Theatre. - Clarkdale Arizona
1936
Physical Description: Pencil note on reverse
Physical Description:
General note
Two ceiling fans, some benches painted red and a crying room were all features added to this little theatre.
box 3, folder 5
Grand Theatre. - Clarkdale Arizona
1936
Physical Description: Letter to SCL, typescript
Physical Description:
box 3, folder 5
Grand Theatre. - Clarkdale Arizona
1936
Physical Description: Letter from Joe Becchetti, December 18, 1936
Physical Description:
box 3, folder 6
Harper Grand Theatre. - Fontana.
1948
box 3, folder 7
Helix Theatre. - La Mesa
1947-1948
Physical Description: Exterior, entry doors
Physical Description:
General note
The design evolved into a storefront remodel using every device to capture attention from the passerby. The strong diamond
pattern applied to the upper story, the series of vertical posts applied at street and the paneled entry doors draw attention
to the centerpiece, the curving neon-outlined marquee. A curved box office at the sidewalk and poster cases framed in wavey
edged box frames are overwhelmed by the other design elements. Here, the chief purpose of the design is to draw attention
to the storefront by using a variety of cheap applied elements without regard for design integration.
box 3, folder 7
Helix Theatre. - La Mesa
1947-1948
Physical Description: Perspective sketch variant
Physical Description:
General note
A later concept drawing shows a scaled-down design which is more conventional in massing. Streamline forms can still be seen
in the sign area and in the porthole window on the right wall. However, the chief design elements have evolved from the smooth
to the angular with walls, marquee and canopies project out and up at angles.
box 3, folder 7
Helix Theatre. - La Mesa
1947-1948
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
This concept drawing, probably executed before World War II, uses simple curved forms of Streamline Moderne in the building.
A huge sign with a spiral or helix-shaped tower dominates the façade.
box 3, folder 8
Hippodrome Theatre
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Put this with 50401-50408. A discussion of these various concepts will pull these images together.
box 3, folder 9
Hollywood Theatre. - Hollywood
1936
Physical Description: Facade
Physical Description:
General note
This modest remodel of a storefront theatre replaced an earlier remodel of 1927 on a commercial building dating from 1919.
The storefront tenants are all theatre-related, a restaurant where theatre patrons can eat before the show, a popcorn shop,
a candy store for candy to take into the show and a bookstore to browse in while waiting for the show to start. The neon-lit
marquee and the tall neon sign attached to the parapet draw attention to the theatre entrance.
box 3, folder 10
Hopkins Theatre. - Oakland
1938-1941
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
This elaborate concept drawing shows a Streamline Moderne design using convex and concave curves, a prow-shaped pylon, and
angular massing.
box 3, folder 10
Hopkins Theatre. - Oakland
1938-1941
Physical Description: Facade
Physical Description:
General note
As built, the theatre was a much simplified Streamline Moderne façade overlaid on a basic brick commercial building. Strong
contrasts between black and white and streams of neon outlining the marquee draw attention to the building.
box 3, folder 10
Hopkins Theatre. - Oakland
1938-1941
Physical Description: Auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
The simple interior design illustrates the Streamline theme with the use of painted curves on the walls and semicircular ceiling
panels that conceal lights, creating indirect lighting of the ceiling. Instead of a balcony, the rear of the auditorium is
raked and separated from the main floor by a low partition and steps.
box 3, folder 11
Iris Theatre - Hollywood.
box 3, folder 11
Huntridge Theatre. - Las Vegas Nevada
1943
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Lee recycled this design for his proposed concept for the Lakewood Theatre in Lakewood, California.
box 3, folder 12
Iris Theatre - Hollywood.
box 3, folder 13
Ken Theatre. - San Diego.
ca. 1950
box 3, folder 14
Kinema Theatre. - Los Angeles
1917, 1931
Physical Description: Remodel 1931 (1917 building).
box 3, folder 15
La Reina Theatre. - Sherman Oaks.
1937-1938
box 3, folder 16
La Tijera Theatre. - Los Angeles
1948-1949
Physical Description: Exterior day
Physical Description:
General note
In the late 1940s and 1950s architects combined the fluid forms of the Streamline Moderne style with the square modules favored
by International Style architects. In California, a new form of architectural modernism was developing that favored the use
of natural materials, especially stone and wood, foremost in residential building. These influences, however, were also felt
in commercial buildings, especially in the suburbs. Hence La Tijera Theatre, on Sepulveda Boulevard in a growing suburban
area near the airport. A streamlined automobile can be seen entering the porte-cochere on the left.
box 3, folder 16
La Tijera Theatre. - Los Angeles
1948-1949
Physical Description: Exterior night
Physical Description:
General note
Lee designed his theatres to be most effective at night. The tall neon sign seems to hang in the air above the building. A
grid of round lights underneath the canopy forms a high marquee and illuminates the entrance. Translucent panels on the lobby
walls glow invitingly and the aluminum frames reflect the light. The poster cases are illuminated internally and outlined
by neon strips.
box 3, folder 16
La Tijera Theatre. - Los Angeles
1948-1949
Physical Description: Ladies' lounge
Physical Description:
General note
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.
box 3, folder 16
La Tijera Theatre. - Los Angeles
1948-1949
Physical Description: Foyer, popcorn counter
Physical Description:
General note
A mural on the slanting and curved wall of the foyer depicts a workman carrying a heavy basket (of sugar cane?) and a woman
kneeling, both in a tropical setting.
box 3, folder 16
La Tijera Theatre. - Los Angeles
1948-1949
Physical Description: Auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
The auditorium walls curve towards the screen, interrupted in each side a scalloped wall edge where the screen curtain lit
by indirect lighting begins. The effect is further enhanced by the continuation of a vine pattern on the walls in cut-out
form over the front exit openings. Globes of light at the center of grilles concealing the ceiling fans neatly combine two
functions. The ceiling is further decorated by a scalloped design painted around the light and ventilation fixtures.
box 3, folder 16
La Tijera Theatre. - Los Angeles
1948-1949
Physical Description: Foyer, view out to street
Physical Description:
General note
Two-story floor-to-ceiling windows illuminate the foyer.
box 3, folder 16
La Tijera Theatre. - Los Angeles
1948-1949
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's concept combines the flowing forms of Streamline Moderne, still considered the height of modernism, with the square
modules and slim brick rectangular pylon borrowed from the International Style.
box 3, folder 16
La Tijera Theatre. - Los Angeles
1948-1949
Physical Description: Foyer, bas relief
Physical Description:
General note
A curved banquette flanks the candy counter and popcorn machine. Bouquets of flowers on the shelf above the banquette indicate
the photo was taken on opening night.
box 3, folder 17
Lakewood Theatre. - Lakewood
1944-1945
Physical Description: Auditorium, proscenium
Physical Description:
General note
The typical proscenium arch has been dispensed with, although it is still indicated by the swags of the valance and the curtain
before the screen. Decoration is minimal and concentrates solely on the curved portion of the side walls flanking the screen.
box 3, folder 17
Lakewood Theatre. - Lakewood
1944-1945
Physical Description: Foyer
Physical Description:
General note
Sleek banquettes upholstered in a striped fabric are set into the walls of the foyer. An overhanging cornice creates the opportunity
to conceal indirect lighting and reduces the space to a human scale. A narrow screen pierced by square, framed cut-outs is
located at the end of the banquette, enhancing a sense of enclosure.
box 3, folder 17
Lakewood Theatre. - Lakewood
1944-1945
Physical Description: Foyer
Physical Description:
General note
As the theatre was a re-use of an earlier building, Lee had little opportunity for interior structural changes. For the foyer,
Lee chose modern, rectangular lines. Paneled auditorium doors and the simplified Greek key design painted on the upper wall
add interest.
box 3, folder 17
Lakewood Theatre. - Lakewood
1944-1945
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's design was adapted to remodeling the old Town Hall on the site. The pylon with its scalloped sides and the marquee are
the only design elements on the exterior.
box 3, folder 17
Lakewood Theatre. - Lakewood
1944-1945
Physical Description: Auditorium, sidewall
Physical Description:
General note
Abstract metal sculptures evoking a pineapple ornament the side walls. Their reflective surfaces and the wavy reflective stripes
behind them give a touch of elegance of Regency Moderne to the otherwise utilitarian auditorium.
box 3, folder 17
Lakewood Theatre. - Lakewood
1944-1945
Physical Description: Perspective sketch variant
Physical Description:
General note
This later rendering was far more streamlined than the earlier version with curving walls, porthole openings and prow-like
pylons. The airplane flying overhead reinforces the streamlined imagery.
box 3, folder 17
Lakewood Theatre. - Lakewood
1944-1945
Physical Description: Lee, opening night
Physical Description:
General note
At opening night ceremonies, Lee (at left), holds a bouquet of roses together with a woman, probably the client's wife. Man
at right is unidentified.
box 3, folder 17
Lakewood Theatre. - Lakewood
1944-1945
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Probably hoping to get a larger commission than just a theatre, Lee produced this perspective sketch of his concept for a
theatre integrated with a bank and a retail store. The Los Angeles suburb of Lakewood was a post-war phenomenon where thousands
of houses were built in record time to create an entirely new community. Lakewood needed everything for its shopping center
- banks, stores, and of course, a motion picture theatre.
box 3, folder 17
Lakewood Theatre. - Lakewood
1944-1945
Physical Description: Marquee
Physical Description:
General note
This night photo of the marquee with its neon strips and interior illuminated sign was taken as a publicity photo for Bevelite,
the manufacturer of the removable letters used to spell out the names of the show and the stars on the marquee.
box 3, folder 17
Lakewood Theatre. - Lakewood
1944-1945
Physical Description: Aerial view
Physical Description:
General note
Lakewood's shopping center in the foreground is surrounded by vacant fields. The houses of the new community are going up
in the background. An older village, Quincy, at lower left, will soon be surrounded by the new town. Two blocks at left center
are marked as designated for a City College.
box 3, folder 18
Laurel Theatre.
1940-1941.
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
In this rendering, Lee develops a concept based on the curvilinear forms of Streamline Moderne. Using swags and garlands and
leaf and shell motifs as well as an L monogram at the front of the marquee, Lee applies a vocabulary of images borrowed from
the Regency style of early 19th century England to the Streamlined forms of 1930s architecture.
box 3, folder 19
Leimert Theatre - Los Angeles, [Sunset?].
box 4, folder 1
Lido Theatre. - Mexico City.
1942
box 4, folder 2
Linda Vista Theatre. - Tepayac, Mexico City, DF
1942
Physical Description: Diseno en perspectiva
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's concept for a large theatre in Mexico City uses circular domed forms borrowed from the Arabic tradition in Spain and
applies elaborate encrustations of Churrigueresque ornament typical of the Spanish Baroque around the monumental central entry,
at the cornice line and to frame the windows. Elaborate finials top the parapets and the suggestion of a minaret can be seen
on the right.
box 4, folder 2
Linda Vista Theatre. - Tepayac, Mexico City, DF
1942
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
This theatre, situated at Villa de Guadalupe, Montevideo 96 (a suburb of Mexico City) opened December 25, 1942, and is still
in use.
box 4, folder 2
Linda Vista Theatre. - Tepayac, Mexico City, DF
1942
Physical Description: Auditorium, proscenium
Physical Description:
General note
Simple curving lines and a sumptuously draped curtain suggest an understated elegance. The wall pilasters conceal indirect
lights. Large round translucent glass discs in the ceiling diffuse the light over the space.
box 4, folder 2
Linda Vista Theatre. - Tepayac, Mexico City, DF
1942
Physical Description: Auditorium entrance
Physical Description:
General note
A grandiose Art Deco Baroque design frames the entrance to the auditorium. The center panel appears to be leather or fabric,
with a design of three maidens flying through the air, bearing bouquets of flowers. The foyer walls are wood veneer, with
the flitches laid on in a mirror pattern, making long vertical stripes on the walls.
box 4, folder 2
Linda Vista Theatre. - Tepayac, Mexico City, DF
1942
Physical Description: Auditorium side wall, murals
Physical Description:
General note
Colorful murals set in fanciful round painted frames depict regional dances and garb of Old Mexico.
box 4, folder 2
Linda Vista Theatre. - Tepayac, Mexico City, DF
1942
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
General note
As built, the circular front kiosk and tower perform the function of advertising the theatre as a destination and display
the posters for shows to passersby.
box 4, folder 2
Linda Vista Theatre. - Tepayac, Mexico City, DF
1942
Physical Description: Construction
Physical Description:
General note
Construction photos reveal the immense effort involved in constructing this very large building. Unlike counterparts in the
United States that were being built of poured concrete using derricks and heavy machinery, this building in Mexico City in
the 1940s was painstakingly constructed of brick that was then surfaced with stucco.
box 4, folder 2
Linda Vista Theatre. - Tepayac, Mexico City, DF
1942
Physical Description: Exterior, side elevation
Physical Description:
General note
The box office is housed in a round domed next to the entry. The buttresses on the wall at left are topped by pyramidal caps
and crowned by finials.
box 4, folder 2
Linda Vista Theatre. - Tepayac, Mexico City, DF
1942
Physical Description: Exterior, box office
Physical Description:
General note
The domed box office is at street level, but the entry itself is reached by a broad flight of stairs. Setting the building
on a podium with an entrance set well back from the street differs from the usual motion picture theatre in the United States
which is entered at street level. The theatre is made more imposing, reflecting the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Mexico City
and the more formal Mexican custom of spending the whole evening out, eating and dancing in the restaurant.
box 4, folder 2
Linda Vista Theatre. - Tepayac, Mexico City, DF
1942
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, night
Physical Description:
General note
This night view emphasizes the illuminated tower and a round illuminated kiosk in Streamline Moderne style that would serve
to attract people to the theatre.
box 4, folder 2
Linda Vista Theatre. - Tepayac, Mexico City, DF
1942
Physical Description: Ticket window, detail
Physical Description:
General note
The box office ticket window is framed by cast stone detailing suggesting a theatre curtain drawn open. Below the window is
a small sign giving the name of the architect and the date, a detail usually omitted on buildings in the United States.
box 4, folder 2
Linda Vista Theatre. - Tepayac, Mexico City, DF
1942
Physical Description: Construction
Physical Description:
General note
The outline of the building takes shape. An arcade and a sinuous curved wall form a courtyard beside the auditorium wall.
box 4, folder 2
Linda Vista Theatre. - Tepayac, Mexico City, DF
1942
Physical Description: Construction
Physical Description:
General note
The dome of the box office was also constructed of brick, using a technique probably brought to Spain by the Arabs.
box 4, folder 2
Linda Vista Theatre. - Tepayac, Mexico City, DF
1942
Physical Description: Restaurant patio
Physical Description:
General note
The large sunken patio next to the auditorium was an extension of the restaurant inside. Here people could eat, drink and
socialize and also watch people on the street, a favorite pastime in Mexico.
box 4, folder 3
Loma Theatre. - San Diego
1944-1946
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
General note
Perhaps Lee's most utilitarian design, the Loma is essentially a large box set in a parking lot. This is a bare bones building
constructed during wartime, probably to serve soldiers stationed in San Diego, one of the biggest military garrisons on the
West Coast. Architectural details are virtually non-existent.
box 4, folder 3
Loma Theatre. - San Diego
1944-1946
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's design still puts the box office and sign with its canvas marquee at the sidewalk. They are connected to the entrance
by a canvas canopy on poles. The porthole window and the pylon jutting up from the corner of the building are the only references
to the Streamline Moderne style.
box 4, folder 4
Lyceum Theatre. - San Francisco
1935-1936
Physical Description: Remodel.
box 4, folder 5
Mayfair Theatre. - Ventura
1939-1940
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
General note
The realized building is less dramatic, partially because it is sited on a prosaic small-town street. Nevertheless, [the theatre]
retains the portholes and swooping form of the roofline. The pylon sign and the curving marquee command the corner site.
box 4, folder 5
Mayfair Theatre. - Ventura
1939-1940
Physical Description: Lounge
Physical Description:
General note
Indirect lighting concealed in the ceiling cove, and over-scaled couches and a mirror lend a spacious, elegant feeling to
the simple space.
box 4, folder 5
Mayfair Theatre. - Ventura
1939-1940
Physical Description: Auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
The simple interior of the auditorium is enlivened by gently undulating walls that are abruptly interrupted by angular partitions
that frame and enclose a pair of gigantic paintings of flowers flanking the proscenium.
box 4, folder 5
Mayfair Theatre. - Ventura
1939-1940
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
This sleek Streamline Moderne design with portholes and a swooping roof almost seems ready to take off from its site and hover
over the ground like a proverbial flying saucer.
box 4, folder 6
Mexico City Theatres. - El Capitan, Tepeyac.
1941
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Watercolor section, auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
Porthole windows accent the foyer wall decorated with giant mythological figures that appear to represent both European and
ancient Mexican traditions.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Watercolor perspective, auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
Lee combines circular and curved forms to render a space both imposing and elegant.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, foyer
Physical Description:
General note
The concept shows a large sculpture, possibly a fountain (perhaps a version of the fountain in the Chapultepec Theatre), set
in the curved space of the low-ceilinged foyer. A circular opening in the ceiling reveals the mezzanine above.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, foyer, 1. piso, view 1
Physical Description:
General note
The concept shows a large sculpture, possibly a fountain (perhaps a version of the fountain in the Chapultepec Theatre), set
in the curved space of the low-ceilinged foyer. A circular opening in the ceiling reveals the mezzanine above.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Watercolor perspective, restaurant
Physical Description:
General note
Large-scale ceiling trusses, French doors leading to an outdoor dining space and dramatic hanging banners create a theatrical
effect for this restaurant area which also features a dance floor.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, foyer, 2. piso, view 2
Physical Description:
General note
The monumental space is focused on the larger than life-size figure sculpture, probably intended to be a fountain, flanked
by curved walls decorated with abstract designs drawn from abstract art of the early twentieth century. Perhaps a study for
the Chapultepec Theatre foyer sculpture.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Watercolor perspective, foyer
Physical Description:
General note
Here, Lee works with rectangles and flat surfaces. The space is grandiose. The ceiling opening may indicate a large indirect
lighting scheme or an opening to a mezzanine above.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Watercolor section, foyer?
Physical Description:
General note
In this version (See 40715) the wall is paneled in wood veneer and the applied decoration is an abstract design inspired by
contemporary art forms.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, galeria, view 3
Physical Description:
General note
Curved walls are decorated with oversize plant motifs, which contrast with the central sculpture reminiscent of Mayan or Aztec
sculpture.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Watercolor section, auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
The side exit doors of the auditorium are embellished with heavy Baroque ornament, while the wall above is finished in wood
veneer set in a pattern of squares. An elaborate sculpture of a horse riding on waves flanks the proscenium.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Watercolor section, foyer
Physical Description:
General note
This section (stairs at right) depicts niches for sculpture on the side wall of the auditorium or a foyer area.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Watercolor perspective, proscenium
Physical Description:
General note
The auditorium clearly includes a stage, providing the opportunity for live performances to be integrated into the evening's
entertainment. Gigantic wave-like forms decorate the side wall.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Watercolor section, auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
Another version of the scheme (See 40716) depicts an elaborate cosmological vision of planets, moon, and stars above the auditorium
exit doors and a fierce warrior on horseback framing the proscenium.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Watercolor perspective, restaurant
Physical Description:
General note
Low vaulted spaces and a high-ceilinged space with exposed rafters create the atmosphere of Old Mexico in this space to be
used for eating, drinking, and entertainment.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, foyer
Physical Description:
General note
Lee did a number of renderings for theatres to be built in Mexico City in the 1940s. At least two, perhaps three, were actually
built. Because they included restaurants and other entertainment areas besides the motion picture theatre they were grander
than most of his designs in the United States. This rendering depicts a grand foyer with a mezzanine and gigantic pylons anchoring
the staircases at both sides.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Watercolor perspective, restaurant
Physical Description:
General note
This view show the integration of the two previous restaurant areas, the larger high-ceilinged space in the foreground. An
orchestra plays for dancing within one of the vaulted areas, while couples dance on the dance floor in the foreground.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, foyer
Physical Description:
General note
Lee uses circular and spiral forms to create a grand semi-circular staircase to the mezzanine level. Pylons decorated with
wave, shell and spiral designs support the mezzanine level above. A ceiling lamp composed of layers of circles accents the
foyer ceiling.
box 4, folder 7
Mexico Theatre. - Mexico
1945
Physical Description: Watercolor perspective, foyer
Physical Description:
General note
Lee proposes a dramatic succession of spaces. A two-story curvilinear arch drawn from Spanish Baroque forms frames the entrance
to a grand foyer embellished with Spanish Baroque designs in relief. A broad staircase beneath a dramatically curved opening
leads from the grand foyer into a one-story foyer area.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Lounge entry
Physical Description:
General note
A hallway space, not a room, the lounge features a curved banquette and a set of drinking fountains set in a mirrored niche.
A curvilinear ceiling panel conceals the indirect lighting.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Auditorium, sculpture detail
Physical Description:
General note
The larger than life-size sculpture of hunter with a bow and his dog is sleek and heroic, in the style of Prometheus at Rockefeller
Center or the work of Carl Milles (40819, 40819).
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Auditorium, balcony
Physical Description:
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Foyer entrance, lobby and lobby entrance to Huyler's
Physical Description:
General note
The glass walls and doors of the foyer nearly erase the transition from the sidewalk to the interior of the theatre.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Drinking fountain
Physical Description:
General note
Lee included a shorter drinking fountain, scaled for children. This was a new idea for the time.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Foyer, mural and seat
Physical Description:
General note
All the elements in the rendering (40802) were realized in the building, although the spaces are necessarily compressed and
the elements appear crowded. The scale and drama of each feature, the lighting panels, the entrance arch, the mezzanine walls
and railing, the mural, and the giant cartouche above. Mirrored walls above the banquettes to the left and the right, with
the mirrors set in a diamond pattern, enhance the complexity of the space, while at the same time enlarging it.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, candy counter
Physical Description:
General note
The design for the refreshment or candy counter includes and overhanging canopy with scalloped edges, a curved counter with
a diamond-patterned base, and porthole windows in the wall above. A mural with ocean motifs was part of the original concept.
The final design evolved into a cleaner Streamline Moderne design in both the foyer candy counter (40810) and the mezzanine
drink bar (40815).
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Facade
Physical Description:
General note
The Miami Theatre in downtown Miami, Florida, was Lee's last major motion picture theatre in the grand tradition of the movie
palaces of the 1920s and 1930s. After 1950, smaller neighborhood theatres and Drive-ins became more popular with the development
of the suburbs. The Miami, however, was one of Lee's largest and most all-encompassing designs executed in the United States.
The complex included not only a motion picture theatre, which included a legitimate stage but also a restaurant and a candy
store, all in a downtown urban setting. In the design, which was largely executed as shown in the renderings, Lee married
Baroque and Rococo elements with Streamline Moderne features, producing an unusually eclectic design. The renderings show
murals with sea-life motifs, suggesting that Lee drew inspiration from seashell and wave forms for many aspects of the design,
which may account for the Baroque and Rococo-appearing design elements. Although demolished, the theatre is o! ne of the most
extensively documented in the S. Charles Lee Collection at UCLA.The design of the façade, with its diamond-patterned panels
and ornate cartouche is echoed in the interior. On the left is Huyler's, a candy shop and restaurant that was part of the
theatre complex. The narrow site and the height of the building to the rear reflect the two-tier balcony and the long narrow
plan of the auditorium, a scheme that Lee had used in his first major theatre, the Tower Theatre in Los Angeles.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Facade detail
Physical Description:
General note
The scale of the cartouche is indicated by the life-size cardboard figure posed beside it.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Projection room
Physical Description:
General note
The projection room is state of the art for 1946.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Stair to mezzanine
Physical Description:
General note
Executed almost exactly as shown in the rendering (40803), the final forms of the staircase arch and ceiling panels are better
integrated than in the rendering. The bending mirrored walls increase the complexity of the space.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Foyer
Physical Description:
General note
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.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Huyler's sweet shop counter
Physical Description:
General note
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.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Mezzanine drink bar
Physical Description:
General note
The mezzanine drink bar and adjacent spaces has a simpler, more streamlined look than the downstairs foyer. Mirrored walls
set at oblique angles create a more complex and confusing space.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Stair to mezzanine
Physical Description:
General note
The stair to the mezzanine and lower balcony was set off to the side of the foyer and was simply executed, probably because
of the constraints of space on the ground floor.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Stair to balcony
Physical Description:
General note
This view of the mezzanine staircase corresponds more closely to the perspective in the rendering (40803).
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Auditorium rear
Physical Description:
General note
The photograph shows that the auditorium design was extremely simple. It was the bands of indirect lighting running up the
walls and across the ceiling as well as vertically along the side walls and underneath the rear ceilings that created the
effect (40819).
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Auditorium front
Physical Description:
General note
The simple lines of the long narrow auditorium, its shape dictated by the urban lot, all lead the eye toward the proscenium,
which is framed by bands of indirect lighting and flanked by large scale designs in relief. A sumptuous curtain hung in swags
fills the upper portion of the proscenium, scaling the immense arch down to cinema size.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Poster case
Physical Description:
General note
Set right on the sidewalk, the poster cases are large and sleek. They provide a glimpse of the show within to every passerby.
Titles in both English and Spanish reflect Miami's Latin American population, which is also depicted in the mural in the foyer
(40812, 40813).
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, foyer
Physical Description:
General note
The grand entrance to the auditorium, the curved lines of the mezzanine, the delicate tracery of the metal railing and the
signature recessed lighting panels were realized for the most part in the building. See 40812.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Box office
Physical Description:
General note
The recessed lobby draws the moviegoer into the space with neon tube strips on the ceiling focusing on the entrance and with
the walls of floor to ceiling glass. The glass walls allow a view of the interior which glows at night. The box office with
its curvilinear shape, also illuminated, and its sleek walls, plays to the fantasy of the moviegoers.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Huyler's restaurant
Physical Description:
General note
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.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, foyer stair
Physical Description:
General note
See 40816,40817. The curving lines and delicate tracery of the stair railing contrast with the heavily embellished stairway
arch. Porthole windows, typical of the Streamline Moderne style, open up the staircase walls. A mural with sea-life motifs
decorates the curved wall to the right of the staircase. The recessed lighting panels in the ceiling and the diamond-patterned
mirrored walls echo similar features in the foyer.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Mural
Physical Description:
General note
The focal point of the foyer is the mural at the auditorium entrance. The peoples and the flags of the countries of the Americas
are ranged around a map of the continents. Even fruits and pets are included. It is clear that the theatre intended to attract
Miami's Latin American community as well as English speakers.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Huyler's sweet shop
Physical Description:
General note
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.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Huyler's entry from theatre
Physical Description:
General note
Glass walls and a glass door invite the customers into Huyler's the adjacent restaurant and candy store.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Foyer entrance
Physical Description:
General note
Curving lines, recessed lighting and mirrored surfaces create an expanding space in the foyer entrance area. The wavy wall
with a surface of vertical ribs adds a sleeker streamlined look to the space (see 40804).
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Listening aid, crying room?
Physical Description:
General note
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.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Section, auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
The auditorium section shows the two-tier balcony (40818, 40821) the recessed niche with a sculpture (40820), the wall decoration
flanking the proscenium (40819) and the diamond pattern on the side walls of the auditorium.
box 4, folder 8
Miami Theatre. - Miami
1946-1947
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, foyer
Physical Description:
General note
The theatre as built closely resembles Lee's renderings. Here the foyer and staircase feature curved and angled walls and
a startling rococo-like recessed ceiling panel that was to be lit by indirect lighting. See 40811, 40814.
box 5, folder 1
Miscellaneous Theatres. - Newsreel, B.H.
1945
box 5, folder 2
Modesto Theatre - Modesto.
box 5, folder 3
New Theatre Sketches [Piedmont]
Physical Description: Renderings, 8 × 10 photos.
box 5, folder 4
New Theatre Sketches.
1945.
box 5, folder 4
New Theatre Sketches: Rio
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
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.
box 5, folder 4
New Theatre Sketches: Park
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
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.
box 5, folder 4
New Theatre Sketches: La Vona
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Note on reverse: This theatre shall be its own advertising and the front shall sell the picture. Each row will have different
colored lighting arrangements and the whole will be a blaze of color with the new fluorescent lighting units.
box 5, folder 4
New Theatre Sketches: Correa
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
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 M! exico, probably
in early 1940s.
box 5, folder 4
New Theatre Sketches: Diana
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Note on reverse: This theatre is designed to be built in plastic; the unusual façade is, therefore, ... ...CHECK ORIGINAL.
box 5, folder 4
New Theatre Sketches: Sign
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Note on reverse: This theatre is built with a glass front so the lobby may be viewed from the street. This makes the front
entertaining in itself and stresses the fact that entertainment is housed within. The poster cases are designed to sell the
show.
box 5, folder 4
New Theatre Sketches: Town
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Note on reverse: This spectacular design has been planned to care for a change in theatre patronage. It is meant to speak
up to the people to come in and see what is inside, and is planned for a locality where the newsreel has become an attraction.
box 5, folder 4
New Theatre Sketches: Pix
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Note on reverse: This theatre is designed for a residential neighborhood of modern character. It will be built of glass and
stone. See the similar Bay Theatre in Pacific Palisades (11301-11310).
box 5, folder 5
New Theatre Sketches.
1947.
box 5, folder 6
Newsreel Theatre. - Oakland
1942
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's rendering depicts an eye-catching marquee, probably with a revolving and illuminated globe, attached to the three-story
retail and office building in downtown Oakland (See 50401-50408 for newsreel theatre concepts).
box 5, folder 6
Newsreel Theatre. - Oakland
1942
Physical Description: Existing facade
Physical Description:
General note
This photograph of the existing building in downtown Oakland was the basis for Lee's concept rendering.
box 5, folder 7
New Theatre Sketches - Bakersfield.
box 5, folder 8
Palm Theatre. - Palmdale.
1949
box 5, folder 10
Picwood Theatre. - Los Angeles
1946
Physical Description: Facade, night
Physical Description:
General note
The night view shows how the use of neon strips exploited the simple lines of the building, making it a beacon for motorists
driving along Pico Boulevard.
box 5, folder 10
Picwood Theatre. - Los Angeles
1946
Physical Description: Auditorium side wall
Physical Description:
General note
A molded form simulates a gigantic swag of fabric, creating a dramatic frame for the proscenium.
box 5, folder 10
Picwood Theatre. - Los Angeles
1946
Physical Description: Auditorium rear
Physical Description:
General note
Palms and flamingos are painted in bright paint on the dark side walls. Indirect lighting panels on the ceiling create a softly-lit
interior which dramatizes the tropical scenes. Striped upholstery on the seats adds elegance to the simple space.
box 5, folder 10
Picwood Theatre. - Los Angeles
1946
Physical Description: Auditorium from balcony
Physical Description:
box 5, folder 10
Picwood Theatre. - Los Angeles
1946
Physical Description: Foyer, candy counter
Physical Description:
General note
This photograph by Shulman reveals a mural on the left wall, the veneered woods below the mural and the sleek lines of the
candy counter and popcorn machine.
box 5, folder 10
Picwood Theatre. - Los Angeles
1946
Physical Description: Foyer entry
Physical Description:
General note
Lee uses curves and indirect lighting to create complexity in the foyer. Julius Shulman's lighting adds drama to the photograph
of the space.
box 5, folder 10
Picwood Theatre. - Los Angeles
1946
Physical Description: Facade, day
Physical Description:
General note
Newly built, the Picwood is set on a main boulevard in a residential neighborhood.
box 5, folder 10
Picwood Theatre. - Los Angeles
1946
Physical Description: Box office, rendering
Physical Description:
General note
The drawing style, with its curving frame, the simple swept lines of the box office, and the abstract lines on the lobby floor,
which use motifs drawn from contemporary painting, all bespeak the era of the 1930s and 1940s.
box 5, folder 10
Picwood Theatre. - Los Angeles
1946
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
The Picwood was designed as a neighborhood theatre on Pico Boulevard in West Los Angeles. The design epitomized the modern
post-war aesthetic, which required simple lines, inexpensive building materials and quick construction to satisfy the post-war
boom. The simple curved pylon was a landmark in the flat landscape of one- and two-story buildings.
box 5, folder 11
Puente Theatre. - Puente
1947-1948
Physical Description: Construction
Physical Description:
General note
Construction photographs show the process of framing and cladding the building, as well as the trucks and equipment used.
Interior scaffolding (51103) shows how the frame was supported as it went up. A close-up of the truss detail (51104) shows
how the trusses were bolted together. Workmen begin to finish the exterior (51105). The end wall is closed with V-angled boards
(51106). Exterior finishing and ventilation ducts are added (51107). People line up at the box office on opening night (51108).
The auditorium interior reveals its structural origins; (51109) the trusswork is left exposed in the ceiling. Lee (right)
shakes hands with the owner (left) on opening night (51110).
box 5, folder 11
Puente Theatre. - Puente
1947-1948
Physical Description: Auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
Construction photographs show the process of framing and cladding the building, as well as the trucks and equipment used.
Interior scaffolding (51103) shows how the frame was supported as it went up. A close-up of the truss detail (51104) shows
how the trusses were bolted together. Workmen begin to finish the exterior (51105). The end wall is closed with V-angled boards
(51106). Exterior finishing and ventilation ducts are added (51107). People line up at the box office on opening night (51108).
The auditorium interior reveals its structural origins; (51109) the trusswork is left exposed in the ceiling. Lee (right)
shakes hands with the owner (left) on opening night (51110).
box 5, folder 11
Puente Theatre. - Puente
1947-1948
Physical Description: Opening night box office
Physical Description:
General note
Construction photographs show the process of framing and cladding the building, as well as the trucks and equipment used.
Interior scaffolding (51103) shows how the frame was supported as it went up. A close-up of the truss detail (51104) shows
how the trusses were bolted together. Workmen begin to finish the exterior (51105). The end wall is closed with V-angled boards
(51106). Exterior finishing and ventilation ducts are added (51107). People line up at the box office on opening night (51108).
The auditorium interior reveals its structural origins; (51109) the trusswork is left exposed in the ceiling. Lee (right)
shakes hands with the owner (left) on opening night (51110).
box 5, folder 11
Puente Theatre. - Puente
1947-1948
Physical Description: Construction
Physical Description:
General note
Construction photographs show the process of framing and cladding the building, as well as the trucks and equipment used.
Interior scaffolding (51103) shows how the frame was supported as it went up. A close-up of the truss detail (51104) shows
how the trusses were bolted together. Workmen begin to finish the exterior (51105). The end wall is closed with V-angled boards
(51106). Exterior finishing and ventilation ducts are added (51107). People line up at the box office on opening night (51108).
The auditorium interior reveals its structural origins; (51109) the trusswork is left exposed in the ceiling. Lee (right)
shakes hands with the owner (left) on opening night (51110).
box 5, folder 11
Puente Theatre. - Puente
1947-1948
Physical Description: Construction,end wall
Physical Description:
General note
Construction photographs show the process of framing and cladding the building, as well as the trucks and equipment used.
Interior scaffolding (51103) shows how the frame was supported as it went up. A close-up of the truss detail (51104) shows
how the trusses were bolted together. Workmen begin to finish the exterior (51105). The end wall is closed with V-angled boards
(51106). Exterior finishing and ventilation ducts are added (51107). People line up at the box office on opening night (51108).
The auditorium interior reveals its structural origins; (51109) the trusswork is left exposed in the ceiling. Lee (right)
shakes hands with the owner (left) on opening night (51110).
box 5, folder 11
Puente Theatre. - Puente
1947-1948
Physical Description: Construction
Physical Description:
General note
Construction photographs show the process of framing and cladding the building, as well as the trucks and equipment used.
Interior scaffolding (51103) shows how the frame was supported as it went up. A close-up of the truss detail (51104) shows
how the trusses were bolted together. Workmen begin to finish the exterior (51105). The end wall is closed with V-angled boards
(51106). Exterior finishing and ventilation ducts are added (51107). People line up at the box office on opening night (51108).
The auditorium interior reveals its structural origins; (51109) the trusswork is left exposed in the ceiling. Lee (right)
shakes hands with the owner (left) on opening night (51110).
box 5, folder 11
Puente Theatre. - Puente
1947-1948
Physical Description: Construction interior
Physical Description:
General note
Construction photographs show the process of framing and cladding the building, as well as the trucks and equipment used.
Interior scaffolding (51103) shows how the frame was supported as it went up. A close-up of the truss detail (51104) shows
how the trusses were bolted together. Workmen begin to finish the exterior (51105). The end wall is closed with V-angled boards
(51106). Exterior finishing and ventilation ducts are added (51107). People line up at the box office on opening night (51108).
The auditorium interior reveals its structural origins; (51109) the trusswork is left exposed in the ceiling. Lee (right)
shakes hands with the owner (left) on opening night (51110).
box 5, folder 11
Puente Theatre. - Puente
1947-1948
Physical Description: Truss detail
Physical Description:
General note
Construction photographs show the process of framing and cladding the building, as well as the trucks and equipment used.
Interior scaffolding (51103) shows how the frame was supported as it went up. A close-up of the truss detail (51104) shows
how the trusses were bolted together. Workmen begin to finish the exterior (51105). The end wall is closed with V-angled boards
(51106). Exterior finishing and ventilation ducts are added (51107). People line up at the box office on opening night (51108).
The auditorium interior reveals its structural origins; (51109) the trusswork is left exposed in the ceiling. Lee (right)
shakes hands with the owner (left) on opening night (51110).
box 5, folder 11
Puente Theatre. - Puente
1947-1948
Physical Description: Opening night,S. Charles Lee
Physical Description:
General note
Construction photographs show the process of framing and cladding the building, as well as the trucks and equipment used.
Interior scaffolding (51103) shows how the frame was supported as it went up. A close-up of the truss detail (51104) shows
how the trusses were bolted together. Workmen begin to finish the exterior (51105). The end wall is closed with V-angled boards
(51106). Exterior finishing and ventilation ducts are added (51107). People line up at the box office on opening night (51108).
The auditorium interior reveals its structural origins; (51109) the trusswork is left exposed in the ceiling. Lee (right)
shakes hands with the owner (left) on opening night (51110).
box 5, folder 11
Puente Theatre. - Puente
1947-1948
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's sketch offers a prototype for a theatre that could be built cheaply and quickly. The simplest means of quickly constructing
a theatre-sized space was to build a Quonset hut, a method devised in the late 1930s using small wood members to create an
arched truss frame, which was then often clad in metal for warehouse purposes. A number of motion picture theatres were built
in this way. They offered inexpensive rapid construction of theatre spaces in small towns such as Puente, an agricultural
community east of Los Angeles.
box 6, folder 1
Raphael Theatre. - San Raphael.
1936
box 6, folder 2
Reforma Theatre - Mexico City
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
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.
box 6, folder 3
Reseda Theatre. - Reseda.
1948
box 6, folder 5
RKO Theatre. - Los Angeles.
1939
box 6, folder 6
Rosemead Theatre - Rosemead.
box 6, folder 7
Roxie Theatre. - Los Angeles.
1939-1940
box 6, folder 8
Silverlake Theatre. - Los Angeles.
1940
box 6, folder 10
State Theatre. - San Diego
1939-1940
Physical Description: Auditorium front
Physical Description:
General note
Lee creates a powerful perspective leading toward the screen by embellishing the walls with flowing wave designs and using
ceiling panels that converge above the proscenium.
box 6, folder 10
State Theatre. - San Diego
1939-1940
Physical Description: Auditorium ceiling
Physical Description:
General note
This view of the ceiling shows how Lee enhanced the simple auditorium space with indirect lighting hidden behind the strong
curves of the ceiling panels, which were also painted with large-scale swirling designs. The strong symmetry is broken by
the center panel, which is purposefully asymmetrical.
box 6, folder 10
State Theatre. - San Diego
1939-1940
Physical Description: Auditorium front side
Physical Description:
General note
Scalloped forms conceal indirect lighting along the side walls. The wave forms above reach gigantic proportions as they crash
into the proscenium, where the waves become a relief sculpture framing the proscenium arch and the motion picture screen.
box 6, folder 10
State Theatre. - San Diego
1939-1940
Physical Description: Facade night
Physical Description:
General note
The tower is clearly borrowed from Lee's Academy Theatre in Inglewood (1939). This night photograph shows how effective Lee's
lighting design was at night.
box 6, folder 11
State Theatre - Stockton.
box 6, folder 11
State Theatre. - Stockton
1936
Physical Description: Existing, marquee
Physical Description:
General note
These photographs of the State Theatre in Stockton show a early twentieth-century theatre that was used for stage acts and
movies. These photographs were in Lee's collection, because he was asked to submit a proposal for remodeling. The collection
contains no records of his remodeling concepts.
box 6, folder 11
State Theatre. - Stockton
1936
Physical Description: Existing, box office
Physical Description:
General note
These photographs of the State Theatre in Stockton show a early twentieth-century theatre that was used for stage acts and
movies. These photographs were in Lee's collection, because he was asked to submit a proposal for remodeling. The collection
contains no records of his remodeling concepts.
box 6, folder 11
State Theatre. - Stockton
1936
Physical Description: Existing, auditorium front
Physical Description:
General note
These photographs of the State Theatre in Stockton show a early twentieth-century theatre that was used for stage acts and
movies. These photographs were in Lee's collection, because he was asked to submit a proposal for remodeling. The collection
contains no records of his remodeling concepts.
box 6, folder 11
State Theatre. - Stockton
1936
Physical Description: Existing, auditorium rear
Physical Description:
General note
These photographs of the State Theatre in Stockton show a early twentieth-century theatre that was used for stage acts and
movies. These photographs were in Lee's collection, because he was asked to submit a proposal for remodeling. The collection
contains no records of his remodeling concepts.
box 6, folder 12
Studio Theatre. - Hollywood
1931
Physical Description: Drinking fountain
Physical Description:
General note
Candy vending machines of elaborate Art Deco design contrast with the sleek black surround of the drinking fountain.
box 6, folder 12
Studio Theatre. - Hollywood
1931
Physical Description: Lounge entry
Physical Description:
General note
Automatic photo machines and automatic vending machines epitomized the automatic theme of the Studio. The wallpaper with nude
silhouettes added to the stylish atmosphere.
box 6, folder 12
Studio Theatre. - Hollywood
1931
Physical Description: Facade
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's Moderne theatre façade set into the façade of a French Revival style building located next to a Spanish Colonial style
building on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood epitomizes the competition of forms for attention on the commercial streetscape
of Los Angeles.
box 6, folder 12
Studio Theatre. - Hollywood
1931
Physical Description: Air conditioning system
Physical Description:
General note
Revealing the mechanical equipment through a glass wall was an innovation in 1931.
box 6, folder 12
Studio Theatre. - Hollywood
1931
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Another rendering of the Art Deco façade.
box 6, folder 12
Studio Theatre. - Hollywood
1931
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
This hard-edged rendering presents a sleek, brightly illuminated concept for the Studio Theatre.
box 6, folder 12
Studio Theatre. - Hollywood
1931
Physical Description: Photo collage
Physical Description:
General note
Published photographs of the finished theatre show how Lee used both styles by combining sleek lines with angular abstract
patterns. The upward slanting marquee creates in lights the elaborate pattern of overlapping circles that stands out in the
daylight.
box 6, folder 12
Studio Theatre. - Hollywood
1931
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's concept for this small, jewel-box like theatre was to create a rich Art Deco façade. Called an automatic theatre the
theatre had automatic vending machines and other innovations. Sketches for the design (237001-237009) show both interior and
exterior schemes and details.
box 6, folder 13
Sunkist Theatre. - Pomona.
1931
box 6, folder 14
Temple Theatre. - Temple City.
1940
box 6, folder 17
Nicaragua Theatre - Managua, Nicaragua.
box 6, folder 18
North Long Beach Theatre.
box 6, folder 22
Woodland, Theatre no.2. - Woodland.
n.d.
box 6, folder 23
Rialto Theatre - (Becchetti), Cottonwood, Arizona.
box 6, folder 24
Calvi Theatre. - Lennox, California
1940
Physical Description: Front elevation, sketch
Physical Description:
box 6, folder 26
Wurlitzer Theatre. - Cincinnati, Ohio
1928
Physical Description: Elevation Alternate design[1]
Physical Description:
General note
Lee did two schemes for this theatre, office tower, and retail complex, planned for Cincinnati. Many studies for the design
are also included in the collection.
box 6, folder 27
Tower Theatre. - Compton
1935-1936
Physical Description: Auditorium, side rear
Physical Description:
General note
Designed for a working class community in Los Angeles, the Tower Theater is a modest design which presents a stylish black
and white Deco exterior (62701). The night view shows the effective use of neon and spotlighting to illuminate the fluted
Moderne tower (62702). The box office is surrounded by circles of light bulbs on the lobby ceiling and a sunburst design on
the lobby's terrazzo floor (62703). Poster cases are framed by scrolled pediments and simulated columns. The interior uses
exaggerated columns, mirrors, white traditional-style furniture, and gilt to suggest a palatial elegance that is distant from
the lives of the theatre's clientele (62704-62705). Hanging lanterns and striped upholstery in the auditorium impart a subdued
elegance (62706- 62707).
box 6, folder 27
Tower Theatre. - Compton
1935-1936
Physical Description: Facade day
Physical Description:
General note
Designed for a working class community in Los Angeles, the Tower Theater is a modest design which presents a stylish black
and white Deco exterior (62701). The night view shows the effective use of neon and spotlighting to illuminate the fluted
Moderne tower (62702). The box office is surrounded by circles of light bulbs on the lobby ceiling and a sunburst design on
the lobby's terrazzo floor (62703). Poster cases are framed by scrolled pediments and simulated columns. The interior uses
exaggerated columns, mirrors, white traditional-style furniture, and gilt to suggest a palatial elegance that is distant from
the lives of the theatre's clientele (62704-62705). Hanging lanterns and striped upholstery in the auditorium impart a subdued
elegance (62706- 62707).
box 6, folder 27
Tower Theatre. - Compton
1935-1936
Physical Description: Facade night
Physical Description:
General note
Designed for a working class community in Los Angeles, the Tower Theater is a modest design which presents a stylish black
and white Deco exterior (62701). The night view shows the effective use of neon and spotlighting to illuminate the fluted
Moderne tower (62702). The box office is surrounded by circles of light bulbs on the lobby ceiling and a sunburst design on
the lobby's terrazzo floor (62703). Poster cases are framed by scrolled pediments and simulated columns. The interior uses
exaggerated columns, mirrors, white traditional-style furniture, and gilt to suggest a palatial elegance that is distant from
the lives of the theatre's clientele (62704-62705). Hanging lanterns and striped upholstery in the auditorium impart a subdued
elegance (62706- 62707).
box 6, folder 27
Tower Theatre. - Compton
1935-1936
Physical Description: Box office
Physical Description:
General note
Designed for a working class community in Los Angeles, the Tower Theater is a modest design which presents a stylish black
and white Deco exterior (62701). The night view shows the effective use of neon and spotlighting to illuminate the fluted
Moderne tower (62702). The box office is surrounded by circles of light bulbs on the lobby ceiling and a sunburst design on
the lobby's terrazzo floor (62703). Poster cases are framed by scrolled pediments and simulated columns. The interior uses
exaggerated columns, mirrors, white traditional-style furniture, and gilt to suggest a palatial elegance that is distant from
the lives of the theatre's clientele (62704-62705). Hanging lanterns and striped upholstery in the auditorium impart a subdued
elegance (62706- 62707).
box 6, folder 27
Tower Theatre. - Compton
1935-1936
Physical Description: Foyer
Physical Description:
General note
Designed for a working class community in Los Angeles, the Tower Theater is a modest design which presents a stylish black
and white Deco exterior (62701). The night view shows the effective use of neon and spotlighting to illuminate the fluted
Moderne tower (62702). The box office is surrounded by circles of light bulbs on the lobby ceiling and a sunburst design on
the lobby's terrazzo floor (62703). Poster cases are framed by scrolled pediments and simulated columns. The interior uses
exaggerated columns, mirrors, white traditional-style furniture, and gilt to suggest a palatial elegance that is distant from
the lives of the theatre's clientele (62704-62705). Hanging lanterns and striped upholstery in the auditorium impart a subdued
elegance (62706- 62707).
box 6, folder 27
Tower Theatre. - Compton
1935-1936
Physical Description: Auditorium, front
Physical Description:
General note
Designed for a working class community in Los Angeles, the Tower Theater is a modest design which presents a stylish black
and white Deco exterior (62701). The night view shows the effective use of neon and spotlighting to illuminate the fluted
Moderne tower (62702). The box office is surrounded by circles of light bulbs on the lobby ceiling and a sunburst design on
the lobby's terrazzo floor (62703). Poster cases are framed by scrolled pediments and simulated columns. The interior uses
exaggerated columns, mirrors, white traditional-style furniture, and gilt to suggest a palatial elegance that is distant from
the lives of the theatre's clientele (62704-62705). Hanging lanterns and striped upholstery in the auditorium impart a subdued
elegance (62706- 62707).
box 6, folder 27
Tower Theatre. - Compton
1935-1936
Physical Description: Lounge entry
Physical Description:
General note
Designed for a working class community in Los Angeles, the Tower Theater is a modest design which presents a stylish black
and white Deco exterior (62701). The night view shows the effective use of neon and spotlighting to illuminate the fluted
Moderne tower (62702). The box office is surrounded by circles of light bulbs on the lobby ceiling and a sunburst design on
the lobby's terrazzo floor (62703). Poster cases are framed by scrolled pediments and simulated columns. The interior uses
exaggerated columns, mirrors, white traditional-style furniture, and gilt to suggest a palatial elegance that is distant from
the lives of the theatre's clientele (62704-62705). Hanging lanterns and striped upholstery in the auditorium impart a subdued
elegance (62706- 62707).
box 6, folder 28
Tower Theatre. - Fresno
1938-1939
Physical Description: Etched glass panel
Physical Description:
General note
The etched glass panel depicts a hunter with bow and arrow, a wounded stag and a hunting dog. Lee used this motif in other
theatres, such as the Miami Theatre, although the motif seems to bear no relationship to any particular wider theme. The depiction
itself, however, suggests a moving picture, with several exposures or frames overlaid on each other.
box 6, folder 28
Tower Theatre. - Fresno
1938-1939
Physical Description: Detail, painted panel
Physical Description:
General note
A close-up of the glowing panels reveals that they are not just organic leaf forms. The shapes depict a female nude facing
a serpent spiraling up the leaves.
box 6, folder 28
Tower Theatre. - Fresno
1938-1939
Physical Description: Auditorium toward proscenium. Decorations in fluorescent paint
Physical Description:
General note
Note on reverse: Decorations in fluorescent paint, when illuminated by black light, concealed in fixtures, are visible with
main lights turned off. Graded shades of blue; ceiling, blue; panels, silver field, fluorescent black ---lighted panels.
box 6, folder 28
Tower Theatre. - Fresno
1938-1939
Physical Description: Exterior day
Physical Description:
General note
The streamlined form of the building accented by a tall tower is similar to concepts for the De Anza in Riverside and the
Linda Vista in Mexico City.
box 6, folder 28
Tower Theatre. - Fresno
1938-1939
Physical Description: Foyer
Physical Description:
General note
Lee uses curved walls and a curved staircase accentuated by the curved ceiling panels that conceal the indirect lighting.
box 6, folder 28
Tower Theatre. - Fresno
1938-1939
Physical Description: Exterior night
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's use of neon was especially effective in this tower with its starburst top, similar to the one at the Alex Theatre in
Glendale (10301). Probably the starburst flashed on and off in different colors, creating a beacon for moviegoers.
box 6, folder 28
Tower Theatre. - Fresno
1938-1939
Physical Description: Auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
The auditorium walls curve to enclose the audience. Horizontal lines along the wall accentuate the curves.
box 6, folder 28
Tower Theatre. - Fresno
1938-1939
Physical Description: Lobby
Physical Description:
General note
The curves in the design of the terrazzo floor are repeated in the curves of the neon tubing on the ceiling. The neon would
have been especially effective at night.
box 6, folder 28
Tower Theatre. - Fresno
1938-1939
Physical Description: Auditorium entrance
Physical Description:
General note
The etched glass panel depicts a hunter with bow and arrow, a wounded stag and a hunting dog. Lee used this motif in other
theatres, such as the Miami Theatre, although the motif seems to bear no relationship to any particular wider theme. The depiction
itself, however, suggests a moving picture, with several exposures or frames overlaid on each other.
box 7, folder 1
Tower Theatre. - Los Angeles
1926-27
Physical Description: Construction exterior August 2, 1927
Physical Description:
General note
Construction photos show the odd open steel frame along the top of the building to give it increased strength (70104), the
scaffolding along the Broadway elevation (70105), a view down into the interior showing the steel framing (70106), and the
process of applying the finish decoration on the balcony interior (70107).
box 7, folder 1
Tower Theatre. - Los Angeles
1926-27
Physical Description: Construction view from above May 9, 1927
Physical Description:
General note
Construction photos show the odd open steel frame along the top of the building to give it increased strength (70104), the
scaffolding along the Broadway elevation (70105), a view down into the interior showing the steel framing (70106), and the
process of applying the finish decoration on the balcony interior (70107).
box 7, folder 1
Tower Theatre - Los Angeles.
box 7, folder 1
Tower Theatre. - Los Angeles
1926-27
Physical Description: Auditorium, decoration
Physical Description:
General note
Comparison with the construction photo (70107) shows how the layers of decoration were built up with plaster, perhaps some
cast stone pieces and then elaborate painted designs. The panels clearly represent windows, temporarily curtained for the
duration of the performance.
box 7, folder 1
Tower Theatre. - Los Angeles
1926-27
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, colored
Physical Description:
General note
This rendering of the Tower Theatre, Lee's first theatre design, shows how effectively he was able to use the narrow lot crowded
on both sides by taller buildings. The tower located at the corner advertised the theatre to the public.
box 7, folder 1
Tower Theatre. - Los Angeles
1926-27
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
General note
Lee uses elements of religious architecture, such as the tower, central niche with a statue, the large arched opening and
the rows of window along the side of the building, as though to bring as much light into the building as possible, although
exactly the opposite was true.
box 7, folder 1
Tower Theatre. - Los Angeles
1926-27
Physical Description: Construction interior July 16, 1927
Physical Description:
General note
Construction photos show the odd open steel frame along the top of the building to give it increased strength (70104), the
scaffolding along the Broadway elevation (70105), a view down into the interior showing the steel framing (70106), and the
process of applying the finish decoration on the balcony interior (70107).
box 7, folder 1
Tower Theatre. - Los Angeles
1926-27
Physical Description: Theatre Plans (reverse of 0070102 ).
box 7, folder 1
Tower Theatre. - Los Angeles
1926-27
Physical Description: Construction exterior August 3, 1927
Physical Description:
General note
Construction photos show the odd open steel frame along the top of the building to give it increased strength (70104), the
scaffolding along the Broadway elevation (70105), a view down into the interior showing the steel framing (70106), and the
process of applying the finish decoration on the balcony interior (70107).
box 7, folder 2
Tower Theatre - Santa Rosa.
box 7, folder 3
Toys Theatre. - Helena, Montana.
1941
box 7, folder 4
Tujunga Theatre. - Tujunga.
1937-1938
box 7, folder 5
Tumbleweed Theatre. - Five Points (El Monte)
1939
Physical Description: Auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
The interior of the auditorium featured open trusses, exposed rafters and utilitarian metal light fixtures to lend authenticity
to the building. Murals of cowboys and cattle along the side walls added a touch of Hollywood.
box 7, folder 5
Tumbleweed Theatre. - Five Points (El Monte)
1939
Physical Description: Exterior night
Physical Description:
General note
Lee illuminated the barn to highlight its forms in light and dark. The windmill tower with its illuminated revolving wheel
attracted attention from afar, while the tower structure was used to display the name of the theatre. For good measure, a
standard box sign on a pylon was added at the street frontage.
box 7, folder 5
Tumbleweed Theatre. - Five Points (El Monte)
1939
Physical Description: Perspective sketch Architect's original conception
Physical Description:
General note
One of Lee's few realized theme theatres (as in theme restaurant), the Tumbleweed recreates for recent immigrants to Los Angeles
the farmstead of the Great Plains. Built on a large site in the rural suburb of El Monte, the theatre's auditorium takes the
form of a Midwestern barn, with buttress-like dormers. To attract attention to the theatre, Lee used the form of the Plains
windmill, a feature used at every farm to pump water from an underground well. Note on reverse: Architect's original conception
--- Note how closely the finished building matches the rendering.
box 7, folder 5
Tumbleweed Theatre. - Five Points (El Monte)
1939
Physical Description: Aerial view
Physical Description:
General note
This aerial view of Five Points, an important junction in El Monte, shows the site's potential for future commercial development
in a thinly populated area.
box 7, folder 5
Tumbleweed Theatre. - Five Points (El Monte)
1939
Physical Description: Exterior tower
Physical Description:
General note
The windmill tower, built of wood, is a heavier version of the usual graceful metal towers found on the Plains.
box 7, folder 5
Tumbleweed Theatre. - Five Points (El Monte)
1939
Physical Description: Wishing Well
Physical Description:
General note
The wishing well stood in the yard, in front of the veranda attached to front of the barn which served as a marquee.
box 7, folder 5
Tumbleweed Theatre. - Five Points (El Monte)
1939
Physical Description: Exterior front Unique Barn Theatre
Physical Description:
General note
Built almost exactly as in the rendering, the Tumbleweed included a wishing well and a rail fence with wagon wheels to complete
the farmyard theme.
box 7, folder 7
Valley Theatre.
1934-1935.
box 7, folder 8
Vern Theatre. - Los Angeles
1939-1941
Physical Description: Auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
Distinctive grilles on side wall handle return air for ventilation. Shiny metallic painted designs on the ceiling and the
walls, as well as the shiny surface of the elaborately draped curtain enhance the air of sleekness.
box 7, folder 8
Vern Theatre. - Los Angeles
1939-1941
Physical Description: Candy counter
Physical Description:
General note
Lee designed an unusual self-serve candy counter, which had a slot for customers to deposit 5 cents. Fluorescent lamps illuminate
the plaster hood above the candy counter. The hood directs cool air from the air conditioning system over the candy, preventing
chocolates from turning color.
box 7, folder 8
Vern Theatre. - Los Angeles
1939-1941
Physical Description: Foyer
Physical Description:
General note
The modern spiralling forms in the foyer ceiling are offset by the traditional gilt trim behind the banquette.
box 7, folder 8
Vern Theatre. - Los Angeles
1939-1941
Physical Description: Lobby
Physical Description:
box 7, folder 8
Vern Theatre. - Los Angeles
1939-1941
Physical Description: Proscenium
Physical Description:
General note
Two strips of neon, one blue and one white, in the ceiling cove, illuminate the auditorium. Neon is on a dimmer, which creates
a theatrical atmosphere as well as controlling the light during picture operation. Pairs of buxom nudes painted in shiny metallic
paint fly along the wall toward the screen.
box 7, folder 8
Vern Theatre. - Los Angeles
1939-1941
Physical Description: Box office
Physical Description:
General note
The curving forms of the box office echo others of the same era. The porthole motif appears burnished steel or aluminum entrance
doors, the neon circles on the ceiling and the circle design in the terrazzo floor.
box 7, folder 8
Vern Theatre. - Los Angeles
1939-1941
Physical Description: Exterior night
Physical Description:
General note
At night the entire front of the theatre, including the tower sign, was brightly illuminated.
box 7, folder 8
Vern Theatre. - Los Angeles
1939-1941
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
General note
Lee developed a simplified design which relied on the porthole motif to evoke the streamlined character of the great ocean
liners of the era. Note on reverse: Exterior, surfaced form concrete. Modern in appearance, it is three tones in color. The
ribbed portion was created by casting concrete against corrugated forms.
box 7, folder 9
Visalia Theatre. - Visalia
1946-1949
Physical Description: Exterior night
Physical Description:
General note
At night the brightly illuminated lobby, the large neon sign and the prominent illuminated box office all drew attention to
the theatre.
box 7, folder 9
Visalia Theatre. - Visalia
1946-1949
Physical Description: Rendering, watercolor
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's rendering of this small-town theatre on a corner site in Visalia shows a simple Streamline Moderne two-story building
with glass block, tile, curved glass windows and butt-jointed glass box office windows. The flat marquee shows recessed downlights,
almost the only feature retained in the final design.
box 7, folder 9
Visalia Theatre. - Visalia
1946-1949
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
General note
The finished theatre conforms closely to the design of the night-time rendering. The box office and sign focus attention on
the corner. The use of artificial brick cladding was fashionable for both commercial and residential building of the period.
(See also the Garmar Theatre in Montebello 30301-30305 for similar treatment of the exterior.
box 7, folder 9
Visalia Theatre. - Visalia
1946-1949
Physical Description: Candy counter
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's design for the candy counter incorporated the Streamline Moderne curves initially planned for the exterior. Glass, shiny
stainless steel fixtures, curved blond wood veneers and downlights in the ceiling all contribute to the effect.
box 7, folder 9
Visalia Theatre. - Visalia
1946-1949
Physical Description: Auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
The auditorium interior reveals Lee's use of the inexpensive Quonset hut truss system, also used in the Puente Theatre (51101-51110)
and the Garmar Theatre ((30301-30305) from the same period. In the immediate post-war period the system was used to build
housing, commercial and factory buildings to satisfy the pent-up demand for new construction.
box 7, folder 9
Visalia Theatre. - Visalia
1946-1949
Physical Description: Perspective sketch night
Physical Description:
General note
This night view is a simplified design for a one-story building, retaining the downlighting in the lobby area, but eliminating
the curved Streamline effects of the daytime view. Here the sign at the corner becomes the principal element of the design.
Lee uses a series of recessed frames highlighted by indirect lighting, around the entire entrance, the poster cases, the false
windows on the façade, and above the box office as a unifying motif.
box 7, folder 9
Visalia Theatre - Visalia
Physical Description: Foyer
Physical Description:
General note
Lee used the frame motif from the exterior as a central feature in the foyer to advertise coming attractions.
box 7, folder 10
Vogue Theatre. - Hollywood.
1934-1935
box 7, folder 11
Vogue Theatre. - South Gate
1937-1938
Physical Description: Poster display
Physical Description:
General note
A narrow aisle between the glass wall and the poster wall allows access to change the posters. This photograph reveals that
the glass wall is not curved, but instead is composed of a series of flat glass panes butt-jointed together to form a curved
shape.
box 7, folder 11
Vogue Theatre. - South Gate
1937-1938
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, colored
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's rendering for the Vogue Theatre, Vogue Market and Vogue Beauty Shop was executed almost precisely as initially conceived.
The elaborate decorations on the tower are in the spirit of Art Deco, but the executed decorations are of a more traditional
character. The interior spaces are more streamlined than the exterior design suggests. Both the name Vogue and the details
of the interior suggest an elegant experience to the moviegoers of Southgate, an industrial working-class suburb of Los Angeles.
box 7, folder 11
Vogue Theatre. - South Gate
1937-1938
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
General note
The clean lines, light-colored stucco finish and modern typography tie the theatre and retail spaces together.
box 7, folder 11
Vogue Theatre. - South Gate
1937-1938
Physical Description: Exterior night
Physical Description:
General note
The bright marquee and the tower sign attract attention to the theatre at night. Lee used a similar design for the tower sign
on the Tower Theatre in Compton (62701-62707) of 1935-1936.
box 7, folder 11
Vogue Theatre. - South Gate
1937-1938
Physical Description: Foyer
Physical Description:
General note
The sweeping curves of the foyer are accentuated by the curves and circles of the panels of ceiling lights behind translucent
glass and recessed into coves above the fixtures.
box 7, folder 11
Vogue Theatre. - South Gate
1937-1938
Physical Description: Lounge
Physical Description:
General note
The lounge is furnished with an elaborate over-scaled Neo-Baroque banquette topped by a large mirror. Lee often used over-scaled
traditional-style furnishings to offset the sleek modernity of the overall design.
box 7, folder 11
Vogue Theatre. - South Gate
1937-1938
Physical Description: Auditorium
Physical Description:
General note
With plush upholstered seats, touches of gilt and glitter, formal pilasters, and the almost Japanese delicacy of a mural,
Lee suggests an atmosphere of elegance to transport the audience from their daily lives.
box 7, folder 11
Vogue Theatre. - South Gate
1937-1938
Physical Description: Lobby, box office
Physical Description:
General note
The curved lines of the design of the terrazzo floor are echoed in the curved wall of the lobby. The posters cases are located
behind a wall of glass (71105).
box 8, folder 1
Apartments [French] - concept
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 1
Apartments [Deco] - concept
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 1
Apartments Bruce Arms - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Exterior, 532 S. Hobart, Los Angeles
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 1
Apartments
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 1
Apartments [Moderne]. - concept
1938
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 2
Associates Incorporated Apartment - Beverly Hills.
box 8, folder 3
Associates Incorporated Residence - Burbank.
box 8, folder 4
Boasberg House - Westwood
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 4
Boasberg House - Westwood
Physical Description: Living room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 4
Boasberg House - Westwood
Physical Description: Bedroom
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 4
Boasberg House - Westwood
Physical Description: Stairway
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 5
Tod Browning, Beverly Hills.
box 8, folder 6
El Mirador Apartments [California Builders] - Hollywood
Physical Description: Entry
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 6
El Mirador Apartments [California Builders] - Hollywood
Physical Description: Setting
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 6
El Mirador Apartments [California Builders] - Hollywood
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 7
Cohen House [M.M. Cohen] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Facade
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 7
Cohen House [M.M. Cohen] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Entry close-up
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 8
Cummings House
Physical Description: Exterior view
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 9
Davis Residence - Monrovia.
box 8, folder 12
Goldsmith House [J. Goldsmith] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Sun room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 12
Goldsmith House [J. Goldsmith] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Exterior front
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 12
Goldsmith House [J. Goldsmith] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Exterior side elev.
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 12
Goldsmith House [J. Goldsmith] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Dining room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 12
Goldsmith House [J. Goldsmith] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Living room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 12
Goldsmith House [J. Goldsmith] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Bedroom
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 12
Goldsmith House [J. Goldsmith] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Kitchen
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 14
Hungerford (Leo) Residence - Los Angeles.
box 8, folder 15
Hunt (Phillip) Residence.
box 8, folder 16
Jacob Kalb (Du Barry Apartment.
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Community room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Apt interior, bedroom
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Apt interior, dining room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Lobby desk
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Writing room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Lobby
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Exterior view
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Courtyard, fountain
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 20
Oldknow (Oscar) House. - Bel Air
1936
Physical Description: Dining room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 20
Oldknow (Oscar) House. - Bel Air
1936
Physical Description: Living room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 20
Oldknow (Oscar) House. - Bel Air
1936
Physical Description: Entrance elevation, sketch
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 20
Oldknow (Oscar) House. - Bel Air
1936
Physical Description: Exterior view, garden elev.
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 20
Oldknow (Oscar) House. - Bel Air
1936
Physical Description: Exterior view, entrance
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 20
Oldknow (Oscar) House. - Bel Air
1936
Physical Description: Living room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 21
Pacht (Isaac) Residence - Los Feliz?.
box 9, folder 1
Camrose Apartments (Phillips) - Hollywood.
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Dining room
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Entry
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Kitchen
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Bathroom
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Built-in radio-phonograph?
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Fireplace
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Dining room
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Concealed bar, opened
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Living room
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Bedroom
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 3
Sherman (J.W.) Residence - Los Angeles.
box 9, folder 4
Silbert (Bruce Arms) Apartment.
box 9, folder 5
Simon Residence - Beverly Hills.
box 9, folder 6
Troyer Brothers apartment.
box 9, folder 7
Universal Holding Company (Lexington Manor Apartments).
box 9, folder 8
Universal Holding Company duplexes - Los Angeles.
box 172
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925-26
Physical Description: Principal elevation, on linen
Physical Description:
box 172
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925-26
Physical Description: Detail, elevator door frame
Physical Description:
Mayer Investment (Hollywood - Western Building) - Hollywood
Physical Description: Pencil sketch, perspective, with pastel
Physical Description:
Max Factor Building. - Hollywood
1935
Physical Description: Sheet 2 Sections, interior details
Physical Description:
Max Factor Building. - Hollywood
1935
Physical Description: Rev. Floor Plan Sheet 1A-A
Physical Description:
Max Factor Building. - Hollywood
1935
Physical Description: Detail Sheet 12
Physical Description:
Max Factor Building. - Hollywood
1935
Physical Description: Elevation Sheet 1-Job 351,352
Physical Description:
General note
This elevation drawing shows Lee's Art Deco styling of the Max Factor building façade, which he repeated in his designs for
showrooms and furniture. Photographs in the Lee archive show that his remodeling included stylish showrooms planned to complement
the complexions and hair coloring of clients, and also a paneled office for the company's chief executive.
Max Factor Building. - Hollywood
1935
Physical Description: Floor plan Sheet 1B
Physical Description:
Tower Bowl (A.J. Hanson) Bowling Alley - San Diego
Physical Description: Neon parking sign, ink/pastel? on tissue
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 9
Aero Supplies of Los Angeles, Incorporated.
box 9, folder 10
Airplane Club.
1936.
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 12
Ball Building - Los Angeles.
box 9, folder 13
Staber's Beauty Shop [Dr. Barton]
Physical Description: Storefront
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 14
Berkoff (Dr. Louis) Building - Los Angeles.
box 9, folder 16
B'nai B'rith (Beverly Hills Lodge) - Beverly Hills.
box 9, folder 19
Building - Huntington Park.
box 9, folder 20
Carv-Arts
Physical Description: Storefront
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 21
Darby Company factory building.
box 9, folder 22
De Mille [Store Building]
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 22
De Mille [Store Building]
Physical Description: Rendering
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 23
Lee (Don) Cadillac Showroom.
box 9, folder 24
Easterday Supply Company Factory.
box 9, folder 26
Esnard (Paul) Professional Building.
box 9, folder 27
Chrysler Showroom [Fred Fudge].
box 9, folder 28
General Water Heater - Hollywood
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 28
General Water Heater Building - Hollywood
Physical Description: Bird's eye rendering
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 28
General Water Heater Building - Hollywood.
box 9, folder 28
General Water Heater - Hollywood
Physical Description: Façade
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 30
Greene ' Hinkle Store - Beverly Hills.
box 9, folder 31
Tower Bowl (A.J. Hanson) Bowling Alley - San Diego
Physical Description: Cocktail lounge
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 31
Tower Bowl (A.J. Hanson) Bowling Alley - San Diego
Physical Description: Bowling area
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 31
Tower Bowl (A.J. Hanson) Bowling Alley - San Diego
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 31
Tower Bowl (A.J. Hanson) Bowling Alley - San Diego
Physical Description: Spectator seats
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 31
Tower Bowl (A.J. Hanson) Bowling Alley - San Diego
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 31
Tower Bowl (A.J. Hanson) Bowling Alley - San Diego
Physical Description: Luncheonette
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 31
Tower Bowl (A.J. Hanson) Bowling Alley - San Diego
Physical Description: Inside view of front entrance
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 31
Tower Bowl (A.J. Hanson) Bowling Alley - San Diego
Physical Description: Bowling alleys
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 31
Tower Bowl (A.J. Hanson) Bowling Alley - San Diego
Physical Description: Pylon sign
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 31
Tower Bowl (A.J. Hanson) Bowling Alley - San Diego
Physical Description: Exterior night
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 33
Hilton (E.G.) Automobile Showroom.
box 9, folder 34
Melody Lane Restaurant - [Hollywood ' Vine], Hollywood
Physical Description: Exterior rendering
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 34
Melody Lane Restaurant - [Hollywood ' Vine], Hollywood
Physical Description: Kitchen
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 34
Melody Lane Restaurant - [Hollywood ' Vine], Hollywood
Physical Description: Interior rendering, lunch counter, Wayne McAllister, Associate
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 34
Melody Lane Restaurant - [Hollywood ' Vine], Hollywood
Physical Description: Interior rendering, bar, Wayne McAllister, Associates
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 34
Melody Lane Restaurant - [Hollywood ' Vine], Hollywood
Physical Description: Interior rendering, booths, Wayne McAllister, Assoc.
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 34
Melody Lane Restaurant - [Hollywood ' Vine], Hollywood
Physical Description: Booths
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 34
Melody Lane Restaurant - [Hollywood ' Vine], Hollywood
Physical Description: Bar
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 34
Melody Lane Restaurant - [Hollywood ' Vine], Hollywood
Physical Description: Lunch counter
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 34
Melody Lane Restaurant - [Hollywood ' Vine], Hollywood
Physical Description: Interior rendering, stair, Wayne McAllister Assoc.
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 35
Harwin's Jewelers [Carl Horwitz].
1944.
Physical Description: Facade
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 35
Harwin's Jewelers [Carl Horwitz].
1944.
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 35
Harwin's Jewelers [Carl Horwitz].
1944.
Physical Description: Interior
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 36
Horwitz Market - Van Nuys.
box 9, folder 37
Hosiery Finishers, Incorporated - Los Angeles.
box 9, folder 39
International Business Machines.
box 9, folder 40
Fairfax Storage [Carl Jacobs].
box 10, folder 1
Kolmitz - Westwood
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, storefront
Physical Description:
General note
The Lee collection contains a number of photographs of theatres that Lee was charged with remodeling. This series of photos
of a turn-of-the-century vaudeville theatre illustrates by contrast the innovations developed by architects for motion picture
theatres. The entry to these older theatres was often off the street, through a long hallway. Advertising displays were merely
cardboard signs.
box 10, folder 2
Desert Club [La Quinta Development] - La Quinta
Physical Description: Lounge
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 2
Desert Club [La Quinta Development] - La Quinta
Physical Description: Restaurant
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 2
Desert Club [La Quinta Development] - La Quinta
Physical Description: Pool
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 2
Desert Club [La Quinta Development] - La Quinta
Physical Description: Bird's eye rendering
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 2
Desert Club [La Quinta Development] - La Quinta
Physical Description: Rendering, 2nd unit
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 3
Landau Building.
1927.
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 6
Le Roy's [Le Roy Diamond] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Before remodel
Physical Description:
Physical Description: Remodeled facade
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 7
Lee (S. Charles) Office Building
Physical Description: Facade
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 8
Hotel del Tahquitz [Thomas Lipps] - Palm Springs
Physical Description: Pool, George Murphy
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 8
Hotel del Tahquitz [Thomas Lipps] - Palm Springs
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 8
Hotel del Tahquitz [Thomas Lipps] - Palm Springs
Physical Description: Playhouse
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 8
Hotel del Tahquitz [Thomas Lipps] - Palm Springs
Physical Description: Courtyard, George Murphy, Nancy Carroll
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 8
Hotel del Tahquitz [Thomas Lipps] - Palm Springs
Physical Description: Dining room
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 8
Hotel del Tahquitz [Thomas Lipps] - Palm Springs
Physical Description: Bedroom
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 8
Hotel del Tahquitz [Thomas Lipps] - Palm Springs
Physical Description: Lounge
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 8
Hotel del Tahquitz [Thomas Lipps] - Palm Springs
Physical Description: Bar
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 9
Malsman (S.)- [Burton ' Company] - Los Angeles.
box 10, folder 10
Marchetti's Restaurant - [Los Angeles?]
Physical Description: Dining room
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 10
Marchetti's Restaurant - [Los Angeles?]
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 10
Marchetti's Restaurant - [Los Angeles?]
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 11
Mattel Creations, Incorporated.
box 10, folder 12
Max Factor Building - Hollywood
Physical Description: Makeup room
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 12
Max Factor Building - Hollywood
Physical Description: Showroom
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 12
Max Factor Building - Hollywood
Physical Description: Remodeled facade
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 12
Max Factor Building - Hollywood
Physical Description: Exterior, before remodel
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 12
Max Factor Building - Hollywood
Physical Description: Plan
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 12
Max Factor Building - Hollywood
Physical Description: Make-up Studio entrance, exterior
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 12
Max Factor Building - Hollywood
Physical Description: Office entrance
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 12
Max Factor Building - Hollywood
Physical Description: Make-up Studio entrance, interior
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 12
Max Factor Building - Hollywood
Physical Description: Model
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 13
Max Factor Factory, Mexico.
box 10, folder 15
Milani Foods Incorporated Plant.
box 10, folder 16
Miscellaneous Commercial Buildings.
box 10, folder 17
Morrell (John) ' Company.
box 10, folder 18
Mayer Investment (Hollywood - Western Building) - Hollywood
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 18
Mayer Investment (Hollywood - Western Building) - Hollywood
Physical Description: Exterior view
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 18
Mayer Investment (Hollywood - Western Building) - Hollywood
Physical Description: Exterior, opening night
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 18
Mayer Investment (Hollywood - Western Building) - Hollywood
Physical Description: Grand opening, Norma Shearer, Irving Thalberg, S. Charles Lee
Physical Description:
General note
Left to right in the photo: Irving G. Thalberg, Leila Hyams, Moira Shearer, S. Charles Lee, Owen Lee, Raquel Torres, and Sidney
Weisman, manager of the building.
box 10, folder 19
Municipal Light Water ' Power - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Exterior night
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 19
Municipal Light Water ' Power - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Floor plan
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 19
Municipal Light Water ' Power - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 10, folder 19
Municipal Light Water ' Power. - Los Angeles
1932
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 11, folder 1
Office Buildings
Physical Description: [Miscellaneous projects].
box 11, folder 1
Office Tower [Gothic].
1926.
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Unbuilt concept
box 11, folder 1
Office Building [I.C.Freud]
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
This rendering is marked for Mr. I.C. Freud.
box 11, folder 1
Office Tower [Moderne].
1935.
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Unbuilt concept
box 11, folder 1
Office Tower [concept]
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Unbuilt concept
box 11, folder 1
Office Building/Store
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Unbuilt concept
box 11, folder 1
Office Building [corner tower]
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Unbuilt concept
box 11, folder 1
Office Building [block]
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Unbuilt concept
box 11, folder 2
Polytechnic College Beauty Shop.
box 11, folder 4
Republic Heater Corporation.
box 11, folder 6
Robinson (Louis) Medical Building.
box 11, folder 7
Reid (Rose Marie) Factory.
box 11, folder 8
Sanford Jacobi Building - Hollywood
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
box 11, folder 9
Simmonds (J.) Store Building - Los Angeles.
box 11, folder 10
Skouras (Charles) Office.
box 11, folder 11
Southern Pacific Building
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 11, folder 12
Steven's Stores
Physical Description: Facade
Physical Description:
box 11, folder 12
Steven's Stores
Physical Description: Facade night
Physical Description:
box 11, folder 12
Steven's Stores
Physical Description: Interior, shoppers
Physical Description:
box 11, folder 12
Steven's Stores
Physical Description: Interior, shoppers
Physical Description:
box 11, folder 12
Steven's Stores
Physical Description: Display window, night
Physical Description:
box 11, folder 16
Trabert ' Hoeffer Store
Physical Description: Facade before remodel
Physical Description:
box 11, folder 16
Trabert ' Hoeffer Store
Physical Description: Facade
Physical Description:
box 11, folder 17
Trabue - Pittman Building - Los Angeles.
box 11, folder 18
Tropics.
1938.
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Unbuilt concept
box 11, folder 20
Union Oil Gas Station
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
General note
Unbuilt concept
box 11, folder 21
Venice Brush Company - Venice.
box 11, folder 22
Weinman Brothers Factory.
box 11, folder 23
Weisman Medical Building.
box 11, folder 25
Wholesale Plumbing Supply Company
Physical Description: Building front and remodeled bank
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 1
Aero Services [Palmdale Airport] - Palmdale
Physical Description: Elevation rendering
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 2
Arcadia City Hall - Arcadia.
box 12, folder 4
Bomb Shelter / Pedestrian Tunnel.
box 12, folder 6
Fifty-Ninth Street School - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Exterior view
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 8
Franks (A.J.) Mausoleum. - Chicago
1932
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 8
Franks (A.J.) Mausoleum. - Chicago
1932
Physical Description: Exterior view
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 8
Franks (A.J.) Mausoleum. - Chicago
1932
Physical Description: Crypt
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 9
Greek Orthodox Church - Los Angeles.
box 12, folder 11
Los Angeles County Courthouse - Compton.
box 12, folder 12
Mary Pickford Building Home for the Aged.
1946.
Physical Description: Perspective rendering
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 13
Mount Sinai Hospital/Clinic. - Los Angeles
1930s?
Physical Description: Perspective rendering-Clinic
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 13
Mount Sinai Hospital/Clinic. - Los Angeles
1930s?
Physical Description: Perspective rendering-Hospital
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 14
Pershing Square Garage - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 14
Pershing Square Garage - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Perspective sketch, c. 1930
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 15
Temple Israel. - Hollywood
1948
Physical Description: Lee at construction site
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 15
Temple Israel. - Hollywood
1948
Physical Description: Auditorium, rear
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 15
Temple Israel. - Hollywood
1948
Physical Description: Auditorium, front
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 15
Temple Israel. - Hollywood
1948
Physical Description: Entrance
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 15
Temple Israel. - Hollywood
1948
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 15
Temple Israel. - Hollywood
1948
Physical Description: Interior, rendering
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 15
Temple Israel. - Hollywood
1948
Physical Description: Interior, rendering
Physical Description:
box 12, folder 18
Woodbury College - Los Angeles.
box 14, folder 15
Temple Israel. - Hollywood.
1948
box 14, folder 16
Variety Club (Premature Clinic) - Los Angeles.
box 12, folder 9
Barrington Westgate Acres.
box 12, folder 20
Century Industrial Corporation. - Los Angeles
1950
Physical Description: Perspective rendering
Physical Description:
Physical Description: Los Angeles Airport Industrial Tract Hayden-Lee construction site office
Physical Description:
General note
Lee's office at the Los Angeles Airport Industrial Tract
box 12, folder 21
Los Feliz Apartments
Physical Description: Construction photos.
box 12, folder 22
Maclay Rancho
Physical Description: Open land site photos.
box 12, folder 24
Gilmore Village [Parkinson ' Parkinson].
box 12, folder 28
Miscellaneous 1
Physical Description: Walter Kumme, Mural Paintings.
box 13, folder 3
Personal
Physical Description: Lee in bathing suit
Physical Description:
box 13, folder 3
Personal
Physical Description: Lee portrait
Physical Description:
box 13, folder 3
Personal
Physical Description: Lee portrait
Physical Description:
box 13, folder 3
Personal.
1936.
Physical Description: Lee caricature
Physical Description:
box 13, folder 3
Personal
Physical Description: Lee at desk
Physical Description:
box 13, folder 3
Personal. - Oceanside
1948
Physical Description: Lee with camera
Physical Description:
box 13, folder 3
Personal. - Oceanside
1948
Physical Description: Lee with airplane Oceanside
Physical Description:
box 13, folder 3
Personal
Physical Description: Lee with airplane
Physical Description:
box 13, folder 3
Personal
Physical Description: Lee in uniform
Physical Description:
box 13, folder 3
Personal - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Lee at office door, 1648 Wilshire
Physical Description:
box 13, folder 3
Personal
Physical Description: Lee on hunting trip
Physical Description:
box 13, folder 3
Personal.
1949.
Physical Description: Lee with Councilman Davis
Physical Description:
box 13, folder 5
Popcorn machine/Candy counter.
box 13, folder 6
San Francisco Fair.
1939.
box 8, folder 1
Apartments [French] - concept
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 1
Apartments [Deco] - concept
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 1
Apartments Bruce Arms - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Exterior, 532 S. Hobart, Los Angeles
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 1
Apartments
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 1
Apartments [Moderne]. - concept
1938
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 2
Associates Incorporated Apartment - Beverly Hills.
box 8, folder 3
Associates Incorporated Residence - Burbank.
box 8, folder 4
Boasberg House - Westwood
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 4
Boasberg House - Westwood
Physical Description: Living room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 4
Boasberg House - Westwood
Physical Description: Bedroom
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 4
Boasberg House - Westwood
Physical Description: Stairway
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 5
Tod Browning, Beverly Hills.
box 8, folder 6
El Mirador Apartments [California Builders] - Hollywood
Physical Description: Entry
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 6
El Mirador Apartments [California Builders] - Hollywood
Physical Description: Setting
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 6
El Mirador Apartments [California Builders] - Hollywood
Physical Description: Exterior
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 7
Cohen House [M.M. Cohen] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Facade
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 7
Cohen House [M.M. Cohen] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Entry close-up
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 8
Cummings House
Physical Description: Exterior view
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 9
Davis Residence - Monrovia.
box 8, folder 12
Goldsmith House [J. Goldsmith] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Sun room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 12
Goldsmith House [J. Goldsmith] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Exterior front
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 12
Goldsmith House [J. Goldsmith] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Exterior side elevation
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 12
Goldsmith House [J. Goldsmith] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Dining room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 12
Goldsmith House [J. Goldsmith] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Living room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 12
Goldsmith House [J. Goldsmith] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Bedroom
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 12
Goldsmith House [J. Goldsmith] - Los Angeles
Physical Description: Kitchen
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 14
Hungerford (Leo) Residence - Los Angeles.
box 8, folder 15
Hunt (Phillip) Residence.
box 8, folder 16
Jacob Kalb (Du Barry) Apartment.
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Perspective sketch
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Community room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Apt interior, bedroom
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Apt interior, dining room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Lobby desk
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Writing room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Lobby
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Exterior view
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 19
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925
Physical Description: Courtyard, fountain
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 20
Oldknow (Oscar) House. - Bel Air
1936
Physical Description: Dining room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 20
Oldknow (Oscar) House. - Bel Air
1936
Physical Description: Living room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 20
Oldknow (Oscar) House. - Bel Air
1936
Physical Description: Entrance elevation, sketch
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 20
Oldknow (Oscar) House. - Bel Air
1936
Physical Description: Exterior view, garden elev.
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 20
Oldknow (Oscar) House. - Bel Air
1936
Physical Description: Exterior view, entrance
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 20
Oldknow (Oscar) House. - Bel Air
1936
Physical Description: Living room
Physical Description:
box 8, folder 21
Pacht (Isaac) Residence - Los Feliz?.
box 9, folder 1
Camrose Apartments (Phillips) - Hollywood.
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Dining room
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Entry
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Kitchen
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Bathroom
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Built-in radio-phonograph?
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Fireplace
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Dining room
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Concealed bar, opened
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Living room
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 2
Sheehan (Howard) Apartment [Fox Wilshire Theatre Penthouse] - Beverly Hills
Physical Description: Bedroom
Physical Description:
box 9, folder 3
Sherman (J.W.) Residence - Los Angeles.
box 9, folder 4
Silbert (Bruce Arms) Apartment.
box 9, folder 5
Simon Residence - Beverly Hills.
box 9, folder 6
Troyer Brothers apartment.
box 9, folder 7
Universal Holding Company (Lexington Manor Apartments).
box 9, folder 8
Universal Holding Company duplexes - Los Angeles.
box 172
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925-26
Physical Description: Principal elevation, on linen
Physical Description:
box 172
Haddon Hall [Oberndorf Apartments]. - Los Angeles
1925-26
Physical Description: Detail, elevator door frame
Physical Description:
box 14, folder 2
Associates Incorporated.
August 1936, May 23, 1946.
box 14, folder 5
Bearman, William B..
November 1928.
box 14, folder 6
Bershon, D..
September 20, 1940, March 14, 1941.
box 14, folder 8
Blumfield, Henry.
November 1940.
box 14, folder 9
Boasberg, Albert.
January 1934.
box 14, folder 10
Booth, Walter.
March 24, 1931.
box 14, folder 11
Browning, Tod.
September 1926.
box 14, folder 13
Bryant Acres.
March 9, 1926.
box 14, folder 15
Caldwell.
August 14, 1936.
box 14, folder 16
California Realty Company.
July 1930.
box 14, folder 17
Camrose Apartments.
October 1934.
box 15, folder 1
Century Industrial.
1948.
box 15, folder 2
Chalon Road.
April 30, 1931.
box 15, folder 4
Cohen, M.M..
August 1926.
box 15, folder 5
Collier Street.
November 10, 1948.
box 15, folder 8
Conrad, L..
December 1925.
box 15, folder 9
Copeland, J.I..
September 1935.
box 15, folder 11
Cummings, Irving.
February 1925.
box 15, folder 13
Davis, Charles.
November 1924.
box 15, folder 15
Dick, Robert.
January 1926.
box 15, folder 16
Dodge, Mrs. J..
October 1939.
box 15, folder 17
East Side Auditorium.
December 10, 1928.
box 15, folder 18
Ellwood, Maren.
January 21, 1947.
box 15, folder 19
Feldman, Philip.
November 1927.
box 15, folder 20
Ferguson, Joe.
April 1929.
box 15, folder 21
First Baptist Church.
June 14, 1935.
box 15, folder 23
Foothill Boulevard.
January 13, 1928.
box 15, folder 24
Fox Deluxe.
February 6, 1936.
box 16, folder 1
Fox West Coast.
October 1929, August 21, 1930, April 1931, June 6, 1935, November 19, 1940, August 24, 1941.
box 16, folder 2
Franklin / Argyle.
October 1930.
box 16, folder 3
Friedman, Ad.
February 1925.
box 16, folder 4
Gentry Theatre.
July 27, 1937.
box 16, folder 5
Glass, Samuel.
February 1925.
box 16, folder 6
Goldenberg.
June 14, 1935.
box 16, folder 8
Goldsmith, Laurence H..
December 2, 1938.
box 16, folder 7
Goldsmith.
March 3, 1924 - April 1925.
box 16, folder 9
Goodman, Al.
July 25, 1935.
box 16, folder 10
Greek Church.
May 13, 1938.
box 16, folder 11
Greene ' Hinkle.
December 20, 1945.
box 16, folder 12
Gumbiner, H.L..
February 1929.
box 17, folder 1
Hanson, Albert.
February 1937.
box 17, folder 2
Harowitz, Harry.
March 1925.
box 17, folder 5
Harrison ' Rapp.
August 1920.
box 17, folder 4
Harrison, Guy.
November 1924.
box 17, folder 6
Hathaway, Charles.
July 1926.
box 17, folder 7
Hitchings, T.C..
November 1924, January 1925.
box 17, folder 9
Holm, Don Lee Company.
January 1925.
box 17, folder 10
Hungerford, Leo.
March 11, 1935.
box 17, folder 11
Hunt, P..
April 1925, May 1927, November 1930.
box 17, folder 13
International Investment Company.
January 1929.
box 17, folder 15
Janss Investment Company.
box 17, folder 18
Kaplan Turner Cohen.
August 5, 1938.
box 17, folder 17
Kaplan, M.L..
January 1929.
box 17, folder 20
La Tijera Theatre.
July-September 1947.
box 18, folder 3
Lee, S. Charles.
September 1925, January 1927, September 1927, May 12, 1933, May 7, 1935.
box 18, folder 6
Los Feliz Blvd..
April 15, 1936.
box 18, folder 7
Lyons, Charles.
April 1932.
box 18, folder 8
Macko, William.
August 31, 1945.
box 18, folder 13
Market Street.
March 1937.
box 18, folder 14
Mayer, Louis B..
December 1927.
box 18, folder 16
Mellos, Athanasios K..
October-December 1945.
box 18, folder 19
Modine, E.E..
January 1925.
box 19, folder 2
Norton Brothers ' Morris.
June 22, 1933.
box 19, folder 3
Oberndorf Brothers.
July 1925.
box 19, folder 4
Pacht, Isaac.
January 1927, February 1927.
box 19, folder 5
Pacific Amusement.
May 1929, September 1929.
box 19, folder 6
Peabody ' Company.
November 21, 1947.
box 19, folder 7
Picwood Theatre.
February 26, 1937.
box 19, folder 8
Piltzer, D..
November 1936.
box 19, folder 12
Redwood City Theatres, August 22, 1930.
box 19, folder 13
Robinson, Louis.
December 14, 1945.
box 19, folder 16
Rusinow, Sydney.
November 17, 1945.
box 20, folder 1
San Diego Housing.
February 25, 1942.
box 20, folder 2
San Diego Theatre Corporation.
August 19, 1939.
box 20, folder 3
San Luis Obispo Theatres.
March 1941.
box 20, folder 4
San Pablo Rancho.
September 1, 1941.
box 20, folder 5
Santa Clara Avenue.
February 6, 1936.
box 20, folder 6
Scheinman.
August 4, 1933.
box 20, folder 7
Scheinman, Arthur.
April 19, 1926.
box 20, folder 9
Senator Theatre.
July 7, 1925.
box 20, folder 11
Sherman, J.W..
January 1925.
box 20, folder 13
Shirley Corporation.
April 1, 1940.
box 20, folder 14
Silbert.
May 21, 1923, April 14, 1925.
box 20, folder 16
Sims, Herman.
December 2, 1944.
box 20, folder 18
Smith, Babe.
August 16, 1927.
box 20, folder 20
Temple City Theatre.
February 22, 1940.
box 20, folder 21
Terman, S.E..
September 1945.
box 20, folder 22
Thompson, Earle.
January 22, 1941.
box 20, folder 23
Tower Bowl.
November 30, 1940.
box 20, folder 24
Trabue Pittman.
July 1930.
box 20, folder 25
Troyer Brothers.
February 12, 1925, December 1925, October 1926.
box 21, folder 1
Ullman, Frank.
August 2, 1941.
box 21, folder 3
Universal Holding Company.
January 1927.
box 21, folder 4
Variety Club.
February 21, 1944.
box 21, folder 5
Venice Brush Company.
November 6, 1946.
box 21, folder 6
Washaver, D..
November 2, 1928.
box 21, folder 7
Washington Street / Spruce Street.
January 7, 1936.
box 21, folder 8
Waverly Drive.
April 1936.
box 21, folder 9
Weisman, S.M..
November 14, 1928, March 1929, January 28, 1935.
box 21, folder 10
Westgate Acres, August 1949.
box 21, folder 11
Whitson, Lewis ' Schank.
March 24, 1939.
box 21, folder 12
Wickman, Emil.
July 23, 1936.
box 21, folder 13
Williams, L.J..
November 4, 1938.
box 21, folder 15
Wilshire / San Vicente.
n.d.
box 21, folder 14
Wilshire Boulevard.
March 1936.
box 21, folder 16
Windsor Hills.
July 25, 1941.
box 21, folder 17
Wometco Theatres.
August 1927.
box 21, folder 18
Woodruff, W.N..
May 23, 1935.
box 21, folder 19
Zimmerman.
March 16, 1940.
box 22
Negatives - Theatres, duplicates - 1.1 (Academy) - 2.13 Fox Phoenix.
box 23
Negatives, Theatres - 2.15 (Fox Bakersfield) - 4.7 (Mexico).
box 24
Negatives - Theatres - 5.1 (Misc.) - 7.4 (Tujunga).
box 25
Negatives - 7.5 (Tumbleweed) - 7.11 (Vogue Southgate).
box 26
Negatives - Residential duplicates - 8.1 (Apts.) - 9.5 (Simon).
box 27
Negatives - Commercial - 9.10 (Airplane Club) - 10.7 (Lee Office Building).
box 28
Negatives - Public / Developments / Misc. - 12.2 (Arcadia City Hall) - 13.4 (Playad)
box 101
A ' A Diecasting, corner Westwood(?) ' El Segundo, A-13.
box 102
AB Sign, 5438 W. 104th, 6-A.
box 34, 47, 66, 75
Berkoff, Louis - Medical Office Building, Los Angeles.
box 116
Bliss-Craft, 13007 S. Western Ave.
box 122
Bliss-craft, Building 112.
box 104
Bonner, 5285 W. 102nd, B-8.
box 106
Building 107, 5305 W. 102nd, B-5.
box 84
Cal Video Tube, 5232 W. 104th, 9-A.
box 130
Carlos Theatre, Redondo Theatre, Alexander, Globe, Mt. Helena (?), Earl
Physical Description: 1 roll - tissues taped onto Kraft paper; colored renderings.
box 77
Chapultepec Theatre, Mexico City
Physical Description: 1 roll blue lines - plans.
box 110
Charlton, 5451 W. 104th, B-2.
box 132
Class A Theatre for Gumbiner Theatrical Enterprises, (Los Angeles?)
Physical Description: 1 roll - sheets are details.
box 134
Class A Theatre, Gumbiner, 615 S. Broadway, C-2.
box 107
Creative Process, Building 106, Western Ave., B-6.
box 85
Creative Process, Western Ave.
box 61
Delmar Bowling Alley (for Jack White) Blue Line.
1958
box 49
Edificion para Inversiones Estrella, South America - blue line factory building - Colon.
1962.
box 91
Electronics industries, Manchester ' Hindry, 10-A.
box 54
Floodlite Service, Incorporated, Julia B. Sale, Los Angeles.
box 133
Fox Wilshire Theatre (Pacific Amusement), 1930
Physical Description: 1 roll b.p. - details, other could not unroll.
box 37
Fox Wilshire Theatre (Pacific Amusement), Beverly HIlls.
box 76
Fox Wilshire Theatre (Pacific Amusement), Beverly Hills.
box 140
Fox Wilshire Theatre (Pacific Amusement), Beverly Hills.
box 112
Harn, 13401 S. Western Ave., M-3.
box 92
Harn, 8561 Warner Drive, A-11.
box 71
Harper Theatre (Glen Harper), Fontana.
box 222
Harper Theatre (Glen Harper), Fontana.
box 40
Hayden Lee (Building 110).
box 56
Hayden Lee Corporation factory for Blisscraft of Hollywood (Building 112), Gardena.
box 32, 42, 48, 55, 58, 63
Hayden Lee Corporation factory for Lee Tex Rubber Plant, Los Angeles.
box 39
Hayden Lee factory for Hollypark - Crenshaw Company.
box 41
Hayden Lee factory for Hollypark - Crenshaw Company.
box 44
Hayden Lee factory for Hollypark - Crenshaw Company.
box 57
Hayden Lee factory for Hollypark - Crenshaw Company.
box 80
Hollywood - Western Building, Mayer Investment Company, Hollywood
Physical Description: Blueprints - used in construction - (fragile).
box 81
Hollywood - Western Building, Mayer Investment Company, Hollywood
Physical Description: construction blueprints - fragile.
box 83
Hollywood - Western Building, Mayer Investment Company, Hollywood
Physical Description: F.S.D.'s - on trace - some prints - fragile.
box 129
Hollywood - Western Building, Mayer Investment Company, Hollywood.
box 98
Hollywood Silk, 5450 W. 104th, 4-A.
box 103
Hughes Air Craft, 59N, 5340 104th, 3-A.
box 130
Job no.607, 529, 664, 666, 529, 540, 582, 583, 561, 619, 593, 588.
box 130
Job no.630, 677, 721, 821, 561, 610, 751.
box 69
Kaplan ' Greenburg Fourplex, Los Angeles.
box 95
Kay Electric, 5441 W. 104, 6-A.
box 100
Kay Electric, 5441 W. 104th, 5-A.
box 93
Kleger, 5325 W. 102nd, A-12.
box 46
Los Angeles County Courthouse, Compton.
box 65
Los Angeles County Courthouse, Compton.
box 68
Los Angeles County Courthouse, Compton.
box 204
Los Angeles County Courthouse, Compton.
1952.
box 82
Los Angeles Theatre (H.L. Gumbiner), Los Angeles.
box 136
Los Angeles Theatre (H.L. Gumbiner), Los Angeles.
box 135
Los Angeles Theatre (H.L. Gumbiner), 615 S. Broadway.
box 137
Los Angeles Theatre, Class A, Theatre, Gumbiner, 615 S. Broadway.
box 138
Los Angeles Theatre, Class A. Theatre, Gumbiner, 615 S. Broadway.
box 30
Los Prados Apartments, San Mateo.
box 111
Modern Plating, 5400 W. 104th, 1-B.
box 73
Picwood Theatre (Earl Collins), Los Angeles.
box 130
Picwood Theatre (Earl Collins), Los Angeles
Physical Description: Large roll, colored renderings on trace taped to Kraft paper.
box 86
Picwood Theatre, 1946 (Pico ' Westwood)
Physical Description: Arch. and mech. On trace - fragile.
box 130
Picwood Theatre, Egyptian Theatre, La Tijera
Physical Description: large roll - colored renderings on trace taped to Kraft paper.
box 118
Precision Sheet Metal, no.22, 1-C.
box 124
Precision Sheet Metal, no.22, 1-C.
box 125
Precision Sheet Metal, 30B.
box 109
Republic Heater, 10200 Aviation, B-8.
box 45
Reseda Theatre (Charles Grenzbach), Reseda.
box 90
Sanford Jewelry, 5242 W. 104th 2-A.
box 60
SCK Corporation. Steel Sign.
box 105
Sherman Oaks Market, corner Cedros ' Ventura, B-7.
box 96
Sunshine Building, 102A, Western Ave., 15-A.
box 99
Sunshine Building, 102A, Western Ave., 16-A.
box 74
Tower Bowl, A. Hanson, San Diego.
box 29
Tower Theatre (H.L. Gumbiner), Los Angeles
Physical Description: 4 blueprints - electric plan.
box 36
Tower Theatre (H.L. Gumbiner), Los Angeles.
box 67
Tower Theatre (H.L. Gumbiner), Los Angeles
Physical Description: 1 roll blueprints - arch., marquee; 1 roll too fragile to handle.
box 135
Tower Theatre (H.L. Gumbiner), Los Angeles
Physical Description: 1 roll - structural, a/c, site plan, blueprints, floor plans, sections.
box 314
Tower Theatre (H.L. Gumbiner), Los Angeles
Physical Description: flat box - ca. 100 folded drawings; details on trace.
box 117
Tower Theatre, (Gumbiner), 8th ' Broadway, 1926
Physical Description: 1 roll b-p, fragile, 10 sheets floor plans and mech. Systems.
box 97
Tubing Appliance, 10323 La Cienaga, A-8.
box 38
Unidentified Store (wine room).
box 31
Union Furniture Company Store, San Francisco.
box 108
Valor, 13214 Crenshaw Blvd., B-4.
box 51
Vern Theatre (Wyvernwood Theatres Incorporated), Los Angeles.
box 78
Vogue Theatre (Sheehan ' Sinks), Hollywood.
box 50
Wasco Theatre (Frank Panero), Wasco.
box 73
Whitelock, Frank L., San Bernardino.
General note
(see Bunker Hill Square)
box 79
Whitelock, Frank L., San Bernardino.
General note
(see Bunker Hill Square)
folder 207
Academy Theatre (Manchester Blvd., Theatre Corp.), Inglewood
folder 207
Admiral Theatre - Stern (Julius), Hollywood
folder 201
Aero Services (Palmdale Airport), Palmdale
folder 208
Alex Theatre (Fox West Coast), Glendale
folder 149
Aller (Joseph) - Residence, Los Angeles
folder 208
Alvarado Theatre, Los Angeles
folder 265
Amado (R.S.) -Store, Los Angeles
folder 265
Ambassador Hotel (Variety Club), Los Angeles
folder 266
American Legion (American Legion Building), Culver City
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 192
American Theatre, Newhall
folder 208
American Theatre (American Legion), Newhall
folder 209
Arcade Theatre, Los Angeles
folder 210
Arden Theatre (Hanson and Zimmerman), Lynwood
folder 150
Associates Inc. Apartment building, Beverly Hills
folder 266
Associates Inc. Hotel, Beverly Hills
folder 150
Associates Inc. Residence, Burbank
folder 150
Associates Inc. Triplex, Beverly Hills
folder 265
Atkin's (Tommy) Dryv Inn Restaurant [Adkins (Wilson)],
folder 266
Babcock (L.G.) - Medical Office Building, Vernon
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 151
Barancik apartment building,
folder 242
Baron Bros. - Theatre / Office, Mitchell, South Dakota
folder 211
Bay Theatre (Leland Ford), Los Angeles
folder 315
Bay Theatre (matted rendering), Los Angeles
folder 266
Benson Building, Los Angeles
folder 212
Berkeley Theatre - Moore (Albert), Berkeley
folder 267
Berkoff (Louis) Medical Office Building, Los Angeles
folder 242
Berkoff (Louis) Theatre, Los Angeles
folder 267
Berman (Adolph) - Store, [Los Angeles]
folder 202
Beverly Fairfax Community Center Library,
folder 189
Beverly Ridge Estates sign,
folder 209
Beverly Theatre (Fox West Coast), Beverly Hills
folder 212
Big Bear Theatre, Big Bear Lake
folder 267
Blackstone Building, Los Angeles
folder 152
Blumenfeld (Joseph) - apartment interior, San Francisco
folder 152
Boasberg (Albert) - Residence, Los Angeles
folder 191
Bomb shelter/Pedestrian tunnel,
folder 202
Bomb shelter/Pedestrian tunnel,
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 209
Booth Theatre - Booth (Walter), Pomona
folder 268
Bowling Alley,
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 300
Broadway Garment Building Srere Corporation, Los Angeles
folder 153
Browning (Tod) - beach studio, Malibu
folder 153
Browning (Tod) - residence, Beverly Hills
folder 180
Bruce Arms - Silbert (Sam)- apartment building,
folder 212
Bundy Theatre (Bourke & Baylis), Santa Monica
folder 190
Burton & Co., Los Angeles
folder 153
Caldwell residence, Los Angeles
folder 154
California Builders (El Mirador) apartment building, Los Angeles
folder 213
California Theatre (Fox West Coast), Glendale
folder 242
Calvi (E.S.)Theatre, Lennox
folder 175
Camrose Apartments (Phillips)- apartment building, Hollywood
folder 213
Capitol Theatre (Fox West Coast), Glendale
folder 213
Carlos Theatre (Peninsula Theatre Corp.), San Carlos
folder 213
Central Theatre (Pacific Amusement), Los Angeles
folder 214
Chapultepec Theatre, Mexico City
folder 268
Christman (Walt) - [Walt's Bicycle Shop] Store and Apartment, Los Angeles
folder 214
Cinema Theatre, Los Angeles
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 269
Cohen (Benjamin E.) - Hotel, Chicago
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 155
Cohen (M.M.) -residence, Los Angeles
folder 214
Coliseum Theatre, San Francisco
folder 155
Copeland (J.I.) - residence, Los Angeles
folder 269
Cowhick (Oscar) - Store Building,
folder 269
Daniels (Mary) - Store, Los Angeles
folder 156
Danziger (Ed) - residence, Beverly Hills or Highland Hills
folder 269
Darby Co. Factory, Inglewood
folder 157
Davis residence, Monrovia
folder 248
De Anza Theatre (Hunt's Theatres Inc.), Riverside
folder 157
Dell'aqua (Mario) - houses, San Diego
folder 269
DeMille's (Cecil B.) - Store Building, Los Angeles
folder 215
Dinuba Theatre (Dinuba Theatre Co.), Dinuba
folder 216
Drive-in Theatre ([Edwards (J.) Jr.]), Arcadia
folder 165
Du Barry Apartments - Kalb (J.) apartment building, Los Angeles
folder 271
Easterday Supply Co. Building, Los Angeles
folder 217
El Capitan Theatre, Mexico
folder 216
El Capitan Theatre (Fox West Coast), San Francisco
folder 272
Epstein (Helen) - Building, Hollywood
folder 272
Esnard (Paul F.) - Professional Building, Los Angeles
folder 157
F H A duplex,
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 157
F H A residence, San Bernadino
folder 272
Factory (unidentified), Los Angeles
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 279
Fairfax Storage - Jacobs (Carl E.),
folder 157
Fairview Manor Apartment building, Reno
folder 157
Feingold (Ben) - residence,
folder 157
Feldman (Charles K.) - beach bungalow,
folder 157
Feldman (Phillip) - apartment building,
folder 202
Fifth Church of Christ Scientist Reading and sales room,
folder 272
Finks (Frank) Store, [Hollywood]
folder 142
First Baptist Church, Hollywood
folder 158
Fiske (R.W.) - residence, Altadena
folder 216
Fox California Theatre (Fox West Coast), San Diego
folder 218
Fox Florence Theatre (Fox West Coast), Los Angeles
folder 243
Fox Long Beach Theatre (Fox Deluxe), Long Beach
folder 243
Fox Long Beach Theatre (Fox Deluxe), Long Beach
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 194
Fox Phoenix Theatre (Fox West Coast), Phoenix
folder 219
Fox Phoenix Theatre (Fox West Coast), Phoenix
folder 220
Fox Theatre (Bakersfield Auto Supply), Bakersfield
folder 245
Fox Theatre (Fox West Coast /[Bershon (D.)]), Los Angeles
folder 244
Fox Theatre (Fox West Coast), Bell
folder 244
Fox Theatre (Fox West Coast), Glendale
folder 244
Fox Theatre (Fox West Coast), Los Angeles
folder 246
Fox Theatre (Fox West Coast), San Pablo
folder 245
Fox Theatre (Fox West Coast/ [Berson (D.)]), Los Angeles
folder 229
Fox West Coast (Loew's State Theatre), Los Angeles
folder 273
Fox West Coast Commissary,
folder 273
Fox West Coast Stores (Tower Theatres), Compton
folder 215
Fox West Coast Theatre, Anaheim
folder 215
Fox Westwood [Bruin] (Fox Westwood Realty), Los Angeles
folder 221
Fox Wilshire Theatre (Pacific Amusement), Beverly Hills
folder 202
Franks (Abraham J.) - Mausoleum, Chicago
folder 158
Fransson & Crane residence,
folder 222
Fremont Theatre (San Luis Obispo Theatres), San Luis Obispo
folder 247
Fresno Theatre (Fresno Theatres Inc.), Fresno
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 273
Fudge (Fred) - (Chrysler Showroom) Building, Huntington Park
folder 222
Garmar Theatre - Olander (Alfred), Montebello
folder 273
General Petroleum Corporation Service Station,
folder 274
General Water Heater Building,
folder 158
Glass (Samuel) - apartment building, Redondo Beach
folder 158
Glatt (William) - residence, Los Angeles
folder 274
Globe Department Store, Inglewood
folder 274
Globe Department Store, Los Angeles
folder 275
Godissart Co. Store, Santa Monica
folder 275
Godissart Co. Store (Loew's State Theatre), Los Angeles
folder 158
Goldenburg (H.) - residence, Altadena
folder 222
Grand Lake Theatre (Fox West Coast), Oakland
folder 158
Gray (Alexander) - Residence, Beverly Hills
folder 203
Greek Orthodox Church, Los Angeles
folder 275
Greene & Hinkle Store, Beverly Hills
folder 172
Haddon Hall (Oberndorf Brothers) - apartment building, Los Angeles
folder 158
Halper-Robbin residence, Los Angeles
folder 159
Hartley (J.F.) - residence,
folder 277
Harwin's Jewelers Store, San Pedro
folder 279
Harwin's Jewelry Store - Horwitz (Carl), Inglewood
folder 159
Hayden (Sam) -(Lanai House), Beverly Hills
folder 144
Hayden Lee (Building 110),
folder 144
Hayden Lee Corp. Factory for Lee Tex Rubber Plant, Los Angeles
folder 144
Hayden Lee Corporation factory for Blisscraft of Hollywood (Bldg. 112), Gardena
folder 144
Hayden Lee Corporation Factory for C.E. Duggan & Sons, Los Angeles
folder 145
Hayden Lee Factor for Hollypark-Crenshaw Co.,
folder 159
Heinsbergen residence,
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 223
Helix Theatre (Burton I. Jones), La Mesa
folder 224
Hermosa Beach Theatre (Fox West Coast), Hermosa Beach
folder 160
Hickey (George) - Residence,
folder 310
Hickey (George) - Residence,
folder 277
Hillcrest Country Club Clubhouse,
folder 278
Hilton E.G.-Auto Showroom Building, Huntington Park
folder 279
Hollywood & Vine Corporation (Melody Lane) Restaurant, Hollywood
folder 279
Hollywood State Bank, Hollywood
folder 190
Hollywood-Western Building (Mayer Investment), Hollywood
folder 291
Hollywood-Western Building (Mayer Investment), Hollywood
Scope and Contents note
1928 (FRAGILE)
folder 224
Hopkins Theatre - Goldsmith (Laurence), Oakland
folder 284
Hotel del Tahquitz - Thomas P. Lipps Hotel, Palm Springs
folder 279
Houston (W.W.) - Factory,
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 146
Hughes Aircraft Corporation, Los Angeles
folder 161
Hungerford (Leo) - residence, Los Angeles
folder 162
Hunt (Phillip) - residence, Los Angeles
folder 162
Hunt (Phillip) - residence, Los Angeles
folder 162
Hunter (C. Roy) - cottages, Indio
folder 248
Huntington Park Theatres, Bell
folder 225
Huntridge Theatre (Huntridge Development Co.), Las Vegas
folder 225
Inglewood Theatre (Beaver & Matson), Inglewood
folder 163
International Investment apartment building, Los Angeles
folder 164
Jacobs (M.) Jr. - residence, Los Angeles
folder 280
Johnson (Art) - Beauty Parlor,
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 166
Kaplan & Greenberg fourplex, Los Angeles
folder 280
Karl's Shoe Store, Los Angeles
folder 166
Kass & Ruben apartment building, Los Angeles
folder 166
Kass & Ruben bungalows, Pine Valley
folder 280
Kenmore-Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles
folder 156
Kenmore-Wilshire Hotel - Fidelity Holding Co.,
folder 226
Kinema Theatre, Los Angeles
folder 167
Kozberg (Ed) - residence,
folder 248
L & O Theatres Inc., Alameda
folder 281
La Quinta Development (Desert Club), La Quinta
folder 226
La Reina Theatre (Sherman Oaks Theatre Corp.), Sherman Oaks
folder 227
La Tijera Theatre - Kupper (W.J.), Los Angeles
folder 282
Lake & Newman Men's Store,
folder 282
Lakeville Corporation Building, Lakewood
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 228
Lakewood Theatre (Lakeville Corporation), Lakewood
folder 282
Laykin et Cie Building, Los Angeles
folder 249
Leadley (W.S.) Theatre, San Mateo
folder 282
Leavitt (M.L.) - Building,
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 270
Lee (Don) Radio Station, Los Angeles
folder 167
Lee (S. Charles) - duplex, Los Angeles
folder 283
Lee (S. Charles) - Office, Los Angeles
folder 283
Lee (S. Charles) - Office Building, Los Angeles
folder 167
Lee (S. Charles) - residence, Los Angeles
folder 146
Lee (S. Charles) and Jones (Burton) - Commercial Store Bldg., Reseda
folder 283
Leimert (Walter H.) Co. - (Plaza Professional Building), Los Angeles
folder 168
Levin (D.B.) - residence, San Mateo
folder 283
Levy (B.) Store / Apartment Building, Los Angeles
folder 238
Linda Vista Theatre, Tepeyac, Mexico
folder 229
Loma Theatre (Balboa Building Co.), San Diego
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 285
Long Beach Packard Building, Long Beach
folder 230
Los Angeles Theatre (H.L. Gumbiner), Los Angeles
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 229
Lyceum Theatre, San Francisco
folder 285
Lyons (et al) Store Building, Hollywood
folder 169
MacLean (Robert) - residence,
folder 250
MacPherson (Granville) Theatre, Yerington, Nevada
folder 204
Malinow & Simmons Chapel,
folder 286
Malsman (S.) Burton & Co. - Store Building, Los Angeles
folder 231
Manchester Theatre (Southside Theatres), Los Angeles
folder 170
March (Frederick) - residence (Projection Room),
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 286
Marshall (Thomas F.) Store,
folder 287
Max Factor Building, Hollywood
Scope and Contents note
#314, #320 - Additions and Alterations; see sheet #8 Highland Ave. Elevation - Arch.
folder 288
Max Factor Building, Hollywood
Scope and Contents note
#331, #467, #345, #351, #352 - Arch./Details, Schedules (Specs), Seismic calcs, interiors
folder 289
Max Factor Building, Hollywood
Scope and Contents note
#351, #331, #331A, #467B - Structurals, seismic, architecturals (some), schemes A & B, mechanical (some), signage, concept
sketches (many)
folder 290
Max Factor Store and Office Building, Hollywood
Scope and Contents note
#331A - 6781 Hawthorne Ave. (Addition between Wilshire and Hawthorne; also includes 3 sheets details, 10 sheets structurals
for 1666 N. Highland.
folder 290
Max Factor Studio, London
folder 292
Mayer (Louis B.) - Store, Los Angeles
folder 193
Mayfair Theatre - Dodge (J.), Ventura
folder 231
Mayfair Theatre - Dodge (J.), Ventura
folder 170
McGee (A.E.) - residence,
folder 170
McGhee (George) - apartment building, Los Angeles
folder 170
Metzger (Lou) - residence (Bomb Shelter), Bel Air
folder 171
Meyer (W.) - apartment building, Los Angeles
folder 232
Miami Theatre (Wometco), Miami
folder 171
Mier (Harry) - residence,
folder 292
Millman (M.) - Medical Office Building,
folder 148
Miracle Mile Plot Plan, Los Angeles
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 292
Monahan (Frank) Building, Los Angeles
folder 171
Morgan (C.C.) & King (L.B.) - housing development, Sunland
folder 146
Moss (Hilda) - store buildings, Van Nuys
folder 141
Municipal Light Water and Power Building, Los Angeles
folder 293
Municipal Light Water and Power Building, Los Angeles
folder 147
National Missile & Electronics (Joel Moss Bldg.), Los Angeles
folder 193
Newsreel (Diana) Theatre,
folder 294
Nor-Ten Corporation Building,
folder 294
Norton Brothers & Morris Building,
folder 173
Oldknow Oscar-residence, Bel Air
folder 174
Pacht Isaac-residence, Los Angeles
folder 250
Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 250
Pavlow (Alex) Theatre, Los Angeles
folder 175
Peterson Carl H.-apartment building, Fresno
folder 233
Picwood Theatre (Earl Collins), Los Angeles
folder 294
Piltzer (D.) - Store Building, Los Angeles
folder 295
Polytechnic College Beauty Shop, Los Angeles
folder 285
Radio Bar Interior - Lyon (M.L.), Los Angeles
folder 295
Ralph's Grocery Co. Market, Los Angeles
folder 234
Redondo Theatre (Redondo Properties), Redondo Beach
folder 251
Redwood Theatres Inc., Modesto
folder 252
Redwood Theatres Inc. - Theatre #2, Woodland
folder 234
Reseda Theatre - Grenzbach (Charles), Reseda
folder 148
Reynard Hills - San Diego Alpha Corporation Development - site analysis, San Diego
folder 242
Rialto Theatre - Becchetti (Frank), Cottonwood, Arizona
folder 195
Ritz Theatre,
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 195
Rivoli Theatre,
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 177
Roberts (C.P.) - residence,
folder 296
Robinson (Louis) Medical Building, Beverly Hills
folder 177
Robinson (S.A.) - residence, Los Angeles
folder 296
Rogers (Martha) and Squires (Ella) - Building, Los Angeles
folder 235
Rosemead Theatre (Edwards Theatres), Rosemead
folder 297
Rosen (E.M.) - Market, Pasadena
folder 235
Roxie Theatre (Srere & Metzger), Los Angeles
folder 297
Rusinow (Sidney) - Building,
folder 297
Russel (J.S.) - Market, Los Angeles
folder 297
Russell (D.A.) & Reinger (Grace) - Store and Apartment Building, Los Angeles
folder 298
Sanford-Jacobi Store Building, Hollywood
folder 178
Scheinman (Benjamin) - residence,
folder 298
Schwab Inyokern Stores, Inyokern
folder 298
Schwab's Store Building - Schwab (Dore), Hollywood
folder 254
Seelee Theatre Co., Selma
folder 178
Seigelman (William H.) - apartment building, Los Angeles
folder 236
Senator Theatre (Fox West Coast), Oakland
folder 143
Senior Examination Boards,
folder 178
Sheehan (Howard) - apartment (Fox-Wilshire Theatre Building), Beverly Hills
folder 178
Sherman (J.W.) - residence, Los Angeles
folder 179
Shirley Corporation apartment building, Beverly Hills
folder 250
Sierra Theatre - Panero (Frank), Delano
folder 180
Silbert & Lee apartment building,
folder 180
Silbert (Sam) - residence, Los Angeles
folder 180
Silbert apartment building,
folder 299
Simmonds (J.) - Store, Los Angeles
folder 181
Simon (Sylvan) - residence, Beverly Hills
folder 181
Sims (Herman) - residence, Los Angeles
folder 299
Skouras (Charles P.) - Office Suite,
folder 182
Skouras (Charles P.) - residence, New York
folder 182
Skouras (Charles P.) - residence, Beverly Hills
folder 189
Skouras residence, Beverly Hills
folder 241
Skouras Theatre, New York
folder 299
Smith & White Bowling Alley,
folder 300
Sontag Drug Co. Building, Los Angeles
folder 183
St. Clair (Edward) - residence,
folder 266
Staber's Store Building (Dr. Barton),
folder 236
State Theatre (Fox West Coast), Stockton
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 236
State Theatre (Fox West Coast), San Diego
folder 183
Stern (William) - residence, Los Angeles
folder 301
Stevens Shops (Stevens Store), Portland, Oregon
folder 301
Stevens Shops Inc. Store Building, Long Beach
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 301
Stevens Stores (Stevens Store), Los Angeles
folder 302
Stinson Airplane Sales Office Building, Glendale
folder 237
Studio Theatre (Hughes Franklin, Inc.), Hollywood
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 302
Syers & Richardson Restaurant,
folder 240
Theatre, Los Angeles
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 241
Theatre / Apartments, Redlands
folder 196
Theatres (black and white sketches),
folder 197
Theatres (black and white sketches),
folder 198
Theatres (black and white sketches),
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 199
Theatres (black and white sketches),
folder 200
Theatres (color sketches),
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 302
Thompson (Earle) - tore Building, Glendale
folder 302
Thompson (Rose & Annie) - Warehouse, Los Angeles
folder 303
Tipp (Dave) - Shops, Los Angeles
folder 276
Tower Bowl Bowling Alley - Hanson (A.J.), San Diego
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 188
Tower Theatre, Los Angeles
folder 258
Tower Theatre (H.L. Gumbiner), Los Angeles
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 259
Tower Theatre (H.L. Gumbiner), Los Angeles
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 260
Tower Theatre (Metzger & Srere), San Diego
folder 253
Tower Theatre (Rosenberg), Santa Rosa
folder 257
Tower Theatre (West Coast Compton Theatres), Compton
folder 261
Toys Theatre, Helena, Montana
folder 303
Trabert & Hoeffer Store, Los Angeles
folder 304
Trabue-Pittman Corporation Market & Store Building, Los Angeles
folder 304
Troyer (J. Vance) - (Melrose Hotel / Apartments),
folder 183
Troyer Bros. apartment building,
folder 183
Troyer Bros. apartment building,
folder 261
Tujunga Theatre (Edwards), Tujunga
folder 262
Tumbleweed Theatre (Edwards Theatre Circuit) Five Points, [El Monte]
folder 255
Ullman (Frank) Theatre [State?], San Diego
folder 148
Unidentified - Dining Room,
folder 149
Unidentified Apartment building, Los Angeles
folder 149
Unidentified Apartment building, Glendale
folder 149
Unidentified Apartment building, Los Angeles
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 268
Unidentified building, Huntington Park
folder 311
Unidentified Commercial Building,
folder 191
Unidentified Office forms,
folder 141
Unidentified Offices,
Scope and Contents note
includes Wurlitzer and L.A. Water and Power
folder 177
Unidentified Residence, Beverly Hills
folder 176
Unidentified Residences,
Scope and Contents note
(one FRAGILE)
folder 298
Unidentified Sales Office,
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 298
Unidentified Shops, Modesto
folder 298
Unidentified Shops, Las Vegas
folder 302
Unidentified Store Building, Sherman Oaks
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 302
Unidentified Store near Ventura,
folder 240
Unidentified Theatre, Los Angeles
folder 303
Unidentified Tourist Cabins,
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 190
Union Furniture, San Francisco
folder 305
Union Furniture Co. Store, San Francisco
folder 205
United States Engineers Office, Los Angeles
folder 255
United Verde Copper Theatre, Clarkdale, Arizona
folder 184
Universal Holding Company apartment building, Los Angeles
folder 184
Universal Holding Company Duplex 10, Los Angeles
folder 185
Universal Holding Company Duplex 11, Los Angeles
folder 185
Universal Holding Company Duplex 12, Los Angeles
folder 185
Universal Holding Company Duplex 13, Los Angeles
folder 185
Universal Holding Company Duplex 14, Los Angeles
folder 186
Universal Holding Company Duplex 15, Los Angeles
folder 186
Universal Holding Company Duplex 16, Los Angeles
folder 184
Universal Holding Company Duplex 2, Los Angeles
folder 184
Universal Holding Company Duplex 6, Los Angeles
folder 184
Universal Holding Company Duplex 7, Los Angeles
folder 184
Universal Holding Company Duplex 8, Los Angeles
folder 184
Universal Holding Company Duplex 9, Los Angeles
folder 262
Valley Theatre [Weddington (Guy)], North Hollywood
folder 205
Variety Club (Premature Clinic, Cedars of Lebanon Children's Hospital), Los Angeles
folder 306
Vaughan McCarit Evans Corporation Office, Los Angeles
folder 263
Verdi Theatre, San Francisco
folder 263
Vern Theatre (Wyvernwood Theatres, Inc.), Los Angeles
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 247
Visalia Theatre (Golden State Theatres), Visalia
folder 264
Vogue Theatre (Fox West Coast & South Gate Theatres), South Gate
folder 264
Vogue Theatre (Sheehan & Sinks), Hollywood
folder 264
Wasco Theatre (Frank Panero), Wasco
folder 306
Weinberg (Milton) - Advertising Agency Office,
folder 306
Weisman (Sidney M.) - Café, Los Angeles
folder 190
Weisman (Sidney M.) - Super Bowl Service Station, Los Angeles
folder 306
Weisman (Sidney M.) - Super Bowl Service Station, Los Angeles
folder 306
Weisman (Sidney M.) - Super Bowl Service Station, Los Angeles
folder 264
Westlake Theatre (Fox West Coast), Los Angeles
folder 187
Whitelock (Frank L.) housing, San Bernadino
Scope and Contents note
(see Bunker Hill Square)`
folder 187
Wickman (Emil) - residence, Whittier Heights
folder 307
Wolfson Brothers Co. Building, Los Angeles
folder 206
Woodbury College, Los Angeles
folder 307
Woodruff (W.M.) - (Thrifty Drug Store), Hollywood
folder 307
Wright's Men Store, Whittier
Scope and Contents note
(FRAGILE)
folder 256
Wurlitzer (Howard) Theatre / Office, Cincinnati
folder 141
Wurlitzer Office/Theatre, Cincinatti
folder 187
Zukor (J.H.) - residence, Los Angeles