Roadside America

The photographic archive
of John Margolies

Compton Drive-in Theater, Rosecrans Avenue, Compton, California
John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. LC-DIG-mrg-01913 (digital file from original color transparency)View original record at the Library of Congress ↗

ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH / mrg 01913 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.01913

Compton Drive-in Theater, Rosecrans Avenue, Compton, California

California ↗Compton ↗1981 ↗

THE ORIGINAL RECORD

Archive details

Photographer
Margolies, John
Photographed
1981.
Location
United States--California--Compton
Medium
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Digital ID
mrg 01913 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.01913
Reproduction number
LC-DIG-mrg-01913 (digital file from original color transparency)
Call number
LC-MA05- 1913 [P&P]
Subjects
  • Drive-in theaters--1980-1990.
  • Signs (Notices)--1980-1990.
  • United States--California--Compton.
  • California--Compton
  • Drive-in theaters--1980-1990
  • Signs (Notices)--1980-1990
  • United States--California--Compton
Margolies categories
Not recorded
Rights advisory — Library of Congress
No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
Rights & attribution ↗
Original catalog notes
  • Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
  • Margolies category: Drive-in theater signs.
  • Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-4).
  • Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
  • General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
  • Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Source
Library of Congress record ↗ · Image resource ↗
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