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[Capitol Theatre, Bank St. near State St., New London, Connecticut] / AFD 1931. – Vintage Poster Wall Art

[Capitol Theatre, Bank St. near State St., New London, Connecticut] / AFD 1931., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Capitol Theatre, Bank St. near State St., New London, Connecticut] / AFD 1931., 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of [Capitol Theatre, Bank St. near State St., New London, Connecticut] / AFD 1931.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Capitol Theatre, Bank St. near State St., New London, Connecticut] / AFD 1931.

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Few theaters from the early 1930s survive as detailed pen-and-ink drawings, and this one records the Capitol theater on Bank Street near State Street in New London, Connecticut. Drawn in 1931, it belongs to a period when movie houses were being built and remodeled across small American cities, often with elaborate facades meant to draw crowds from the street. Architectural drawings like this one were made to show how a building was laid out and constructed, so they capture plans, elevations, and details that photographs of the time often missed. The drawing also places the theater in its downtown setting, where it served as a neighborhood center for film and entertainment during the Depression years.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1931
SubjectsTheaters--Connecticut--New London--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Connecticut--New London--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,085 × 3,299 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210663

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