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Vintage views:
A c.1932 rear of the main floor wall detail from the Pasadena Public Library that appears on the Pasadena Digital History Collaboration website.
A look across the main floor c.1932 from the Pasadena Public Library collection on the Pasadena Digital History Collaboration website.
A c.1932 view of the proscenium and the asbestos from Bennett Kennedy Studio. The photo is in the collection of the Pasadena Public Library and appears on the website of the Pasadena Digital History Collaboration.
A ramp to install the Moller organ in 1979. It's a photo that appeared in the August 1979 issue of the magazine Console. Thanks to Mark Herman of the Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society for supplying the photo.
A photo from the cover of the April 1980 issue of the magazine Console. Thanks to Mark Herman for scanning the issue in his collection. Mike Hume calls our attention to two interesting items. One is the part of an orchestra shell inherited from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion that's seen here hanging below the theatre's sounding board. Also note the baby-blue enclosure for an on-stage speaker stack. A later version outside the proscenium was installed in the 80s. Mike's Historic Theatre Photography site has the lengthy articles about the organ from the Console issue as a pdf.
Recent main floor views:
A
fine photo of the Mighty Moller being played up in "picture" position
with the asbestos seen behind. The shot appears on a page about the
theatre on the Visit Pasadena website.
Restoration work on the asbestos in 2018. The photo appeared as a post on the Pasadena Civic Facebook page where they note that the curtain had sustained damage in a fire fifty years earlier. Thanks to Mike Hume for spotting the post.
The asbestos after restoration work. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019
The ornament at the top center of the asbestos. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019
The medallion in the upper left area of the asbestos. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019
A lazy lady on the asbestos. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019
Another detail of the bottom of the curtain. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019
A detail of the cupid and lion on the lower left. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019
A look across from house left. It's Mark Herman at the Moller. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019
A closer look at the console. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019
The view in from the rear of the house. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019
A look to the bare stage with Mark Herman at the console in November 2024. See his Facebook post about a visit to check on the organ as well as a short video clip.
The house right organ grille area. Note the 80s vintage "camouflaged" speaker enclosure to the left of the organ grille. Photo: Mike Hume - 2017
The proscenium mural house right. Photo: Mike Hume - 2017
Looking across the front of the auditorium. Photo: Mike Hume - 2017
An ante-proscenium detail house left. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019
A lovely Stephen Russo shot up at the ceiling from under the balcony. It was a 2016 post on the LAHTF Facebook page. Thanks, Stephen!
A great look toward the rear of the auditorium. Photo: Mike Hume - 2017
Up in the balcony:
Another view of the Greek Revival paintings at the back and sides of the main floor. Photo: Bill Counter - 2018
One of the murals at the rear of the main floor. Photo: Mike Hume - 2017
Up in the balcony:
The view from house left. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019
The Civic shows up in the season 5 episode 23 of the TV series "House." Thanks to Walter Santucci for the screenshot, a post on the LAHTF Facebook page.
Thanks to Stephen Russo for this look down from the back of the balcony. He added it as a comment on the LAHTF Facebook page to the shot from "House."
A detail of some of the grillework above the proscenium. Behind the grille it's a wide walkway leading across to the top of each organ chamber. Photo: Mike Hume - 2017
A fine view of the asbestos. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019
Looking across from the front of the balcony. The photo appears on a page about a 2008 performance of the Divine Wisdom Performing Arts Company on their site Clear Wisdom.
A view without an audience. It's a photo from the website of the Chinese dance troupe Shen Yun Performing Arts.
The rear of the balcony. Photo: Mike Hume - 2017
The back wall. Photo: Mike Hume - 2017
A side wall detail. Photo: Mike Hume - 2017
The ceiling from house right. Photo: Mike Hume - 2017
A detail of one of the coffers on the perimeter of the ceiling. Photo: Mike Hume - 2017
The Expo Hall:
This area directly behind the stage was originally designed to be openable to the stage. Plans were changed during construction. Photo: Mike Hume - 2019. Thanks to Mike for his many photos that appear on this page. Visit his Historic Theatre Photography site for hundreds of great photos of theatres he's explored. Don't miss his page on the Pasadena Civic.
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