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[Orpheum Theatre, Denver, Colorado] / AFD 1935. – Historic Poster Reproduction

[Orpheum Theatre, Denver, Colorado] / AFD 1935., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Orpheum Theatre, Denver, Colorado] / AFD 1935., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings. Vintage poster from the Theater Posters collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Orpheum Theatre, Denver, Colorado] / AFD 1935., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Orpheum Theatre, Denver, Colorado] / AFD 1935.

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This ink drawing records the Orpheum theater in Denver, Colorado, as it stood in 1935, when the building was documented in architectural and engineering drawings. Its catalog subjects place it among Denver's theaters and motion picture houses of the 1930s, a decade when many older vaudeville stages were converting to film as talking pictures drew audiences away from live acts. Drawings of this kind were made to show plans, sections, and details of a building, so they capture the layout and construction of the house more precisely than a photograph. For anyone interested in how Denver's entertainment venues were built and adapted during the Depression, the sheet offers a rare, measured view of the interior and its arrangement.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1935
SubjectsTheaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,316 × 4,146 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210649

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