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Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California, circa 1940

Subjects
Commercial BuildingsTheaters & Opera Houses
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

The picture shows the pagoda-style facade of Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, with its green tiled roof, tall spire-topped towers, red-canopied forecourt and a crowd of visitors at the entrance. Opened in 1927 by showman Sid Grauman and designed in an exotic Chinese Revival style, the theatre is best known for the concrete forecourt where film stars left their handprints and footprints. The card's linen texture and Curt Teich production code date the view to roughly the late 1930s or early 1940s.

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PublisherWestern Publishing & Novelty Co.
160 Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California 1A-H445 --- The Chinese Theatre has been the scene of many Hollywood gala premieres. In the forecourt of this famous theatre may be seen the foot-prints in the cement of many filmland's celebrities, both past and present. WESTERN PUBLISHING & NOVELTY CO., LOS ANGELES, CALIF. "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE
Addressed to
Mrs Emeline Koslik

Box 202, Babylon, NY

FromMinnie Raynor

Postcard record

PublisherWestern Publishing & Novelty Co.
Series160
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMrs Emeline Koslik, Box 202, Babylon, NY
Place depictedGrauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
PublisherWestern Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, CA
NotesLinen-textured stock with a cream white border; Curt Teich production code 1A-H445 printed at lower right. No postmark. Divided-back linen-texture card with cream border; handwritten date "Mar-2-1945" on address side; light edge wear.

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Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/graumans-chinese-theatre-hollywood-california-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.