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Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California, circa 1935

Subjects
AutomobilesTheaters & Opera Houses
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California, circa 1935, Los Angeles, CA, USA, c. 1915 linen postcard
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Back of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California, circa 1935, Los Angeles, CA, USA, c. 1915 linen postcard
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About this postcard

Street view of Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, with its pagoda-like central roof, flanking towers topped by tall green finials, and red-and-gold "CHINESE" vertical signs; 1930s automobiles are parked along the curb. The theatre was opened in 1927 by showman Sid Grauman, its exotic Chinese-style facade designed by Raymond M. Kennedy of Meyer & Holler, and it became famous for the celebrity hand- and footprints set in the concrete forecourt. The card's boxy, dark automobiles date the view to roughly the 1930s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

I was over to Eliza's - the maid told me Mrs. Butler was out of the city. Did you see in the paper that Santa Monica had earth quake? We did not know what it was - we thought - there had been an explosion some where - it was over in a second - Eliza + I went to Pasadena to the Rose Tournament - It was a grand sight - just beautiful and oh! Such a crowd of people - It was much as your life was worth to get into the city or out of it again.

PublisherPacific Novelty Co.
GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE, HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. A-87 --- POST CARD ADDRESS STAMP PACIFIC NOVELTY CO. SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES
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Postcard record

PublisherPacific Novelty Co.
SeriesA-87
ConditionGood
Place depictedHollywood, Los Angeles, CA
PublisherPacific Novelty Co., San Francisco, CA
NotesWhite border; visible linen/canvas texture in the sky; handwritten word "Hollywood" in pencil along the bottom margin (not a message). No postmark or stamp. Divided-back "POST CARD" with Pacific Novelty Co. (San Francisco & Los Angeles) imprint; handwritten message in pen across both halves; light toning/aging.

Cite this card

Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California, circa 1935, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/graumans-chinese-theatre-hollywood-california-circa-1935. Accessed October 24, 2026.