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 1088.1 #76 (DL Qual #53
June 21, 2012 8:51 PM

This is the only color picture found in Carthay. It resembles the tapestry found in the original theater. It depicts the Donner party....interesting choice for a restaurant 😳

Maybe they thought the painting was named "The Dinner Party" 😂😂😂 - PrincessKristin  774.5 #124 9:55PM
After some extensive research (google), here is the connection: "In 1926, Frank Tenney Johnson completed his first three large-scale murals, created as the main drop curtain and a pair of wing additions to frame it on either side. These were created for the Carthay Circle movie theatre in Los Angeles, during the height of the Grand Movie Palace era. The large (30 by 40 feet) central drop curtain was a work depicting the "The Donner Party Crossing the High Sierra." The smaller wing extensions, designed to cover the organ chamber and the other wing entrance to the stage, are known to have measured 18 by 11 feet each. All were believed to have been lost, discarded or destroyed when the theatre was razed. But during the last few years, the larger center section has been rediscovered and restored, and the smaller preliminary drawings still exist." legendaryauctions.com - PrincessKristin  774.5 #124 9:57PM
What a bizarre choice of subject matter. - JinglePoe  289.9 #667 10:03PM
Part of California history, I guess - PrincessKristin  774.5 #124 10:08PM
Great history - Plumiegirl  3306.9 #10 11:23PM
Good research!!! Thank you! - Boundin  423.6 #298 11:28PM
That's awesome - KissDclown  1088.1 #76 8:55AM
What? You don't enjoy human flesh? - shadowgamer  1954.3 #37 8:54PM
It's a little chewy - KissDclown  1088.1 #76 8:54PM
Turkey legs? - Mouse4life  1037.7 #82 8:56PM
I still remember learning about the Donner Party in elementary school and being so haunted by it!! 😢 - MinnieMousewife  569.9 #192 8:56PM
Its my favorite - izzysmom  73.7 #3341 8:56PM
An interesting dinner conversation piece for sure.... - DisneyFanZoe  1083.8 #77 8:57PM
Did this painting used to be in Club 33? I vaguely remember hearing something about it or seeing it before. Does anyone know the history? - PrincessKristin  774.5 #124 9:12PM
Interesting bit of info! - JinglePoe  289.9 #667 9:23PM
That is classic!! 😱 - aprilinjune4  380.7 #352 9:25PM
I prefer mouse meat. - scoot  279.0 #735 9:35PM
It is interesting irony, would love to know who made this choice😳😱😂 - Plumiegirl  3306.9 #10 9:42PM
What that's great!! - HanLostLeia  1092.5 #75 10:02PM
Makes the butcher plate they served far more fascinating. - madsdad  1119.6 #73 10:54PM
True - HanLostLeia  1092.5 #75 11:18PM
Eww - PrincessDuckie  576.1 #189 9:07AM
Because of this post, I went and read the entire wiki entry on the donner party...to say the least, I am too creeped/bummed out to sleep now 😰 - davycroch3t  169.5 #2012 12:11AM

        
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