I moved to Los Angeles in September 1984. I had a chance to see the Auditorium before it was demolished, but never did. That is something that I regret. Here are some photos from the LA Library:
There was a theater in Tehachapi called the Beekay Theater. The theater was damaged in an earthquake in 1952. At first I thought that Beekay stood for Bakersfield, but as I recall, the two cities are some distance apart:
The LA Library has a sketch of the Academy from 1939, but puts it on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena. This is either a mistake, or they ended up building the theater in Inglewood:
There are several pictures of the Dome Theater on the Ocean Park Pier that are listed on the LA Library website. If this theater is listed here under a different name, please let me know.
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I moved to Los Angeles in September 1984. I had a chance to see the Auditorium before it was demolished, but never did. That is something that I regret. Here are some photos from the LA Library:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015430.jpg
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics26/00032523.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015207.jpg
UCLA was on Vermont in South Los Angeles before moving to Westwood. That campus was later occupied by Pepperdine before they moved to Malibu.
There was a theater in Tehachapi called the Beekay Theater. The theater was damaged in an earthquake in 1952. At first I thought that Beekay stood for Bakersfield, but as I recall, the two cities are some distance apart:
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There was also a Porter Theater in Porterville, which is not listed here:
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From the UCLA Collection:
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/001/01/i0010106.jpg
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/001/01/i0010107.jpg
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/001/01/i0010104.jpg
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/001/01/i0010109.jpg
From the LA Library:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics07/00023438.jpg
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics07/00023439.jpg
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics07/00023498.jpg
The LA Library has a sketch of the Academy from 1939, but puts it on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena. This is either a mistake, or they ended up building the theater in Inglewood:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics49/00044362.jpg
Here is an early shot of the Teatro. I won’t ask if it’s the right theater this time:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics07/00023181.jpg
From the LA Library:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics20/00019934.jpg
From the LA Library:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics35/00037277.jpg
From the LA Library:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics35/00037260.jpg
An expanded photo of the above, from the LA Library:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics20/00019766.jpg
From the LA Library:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015371.jpg
There are several pictures of the Dome Theater on the Ocean Park Pier that are listed on the LA Library website. If this theater is listed here under a different name, please let me know.
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics49/00044402.jpg
From the LA Library:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics26/00032607.jpg
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics27/00033079.jpg
An expanded view of the above photo, from the LA Library:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015683.jpg