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Col. Griffith Jenkins Griffith and group

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Order Number	00036891
Title	Col. Griffith Jenkins Griffith and group
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 257 - Greek Theatre
Date	Circa 1912
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Notes	Photograph was edited for publication.
Description	Eighteen years ago, this group of people met in Griffith Park and dreamed of a great outdoor theater for that very spot. Arrow shows Col. Griffith Jenkins Griffith, who announced at that meeting his plans to provide a theater for the park which he had given to Los Angeles as a Christmas present in 1896. The theater, shown at top, has been erected with funds he left for that purpose. Photograph montage used for publication on September 24, 1930.
Subject	Griffith, Griffith J. Greek Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.). Theaters--California--Los Angeles. Amphitheaters--California--Los Angeles. Greek revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles. Parks--California--Los Angeles. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments. Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.). Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.). Montages Group portraits Portrait photographs Norton, Samuel Tilden.
Coverage	1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection