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[Loew's Aldine Theatre, Liberty Ave. and 9th St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1932. – Vintage Poster Wall Art

[Loew's Aldine Theatre, Liberty Ave. and 9th St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1932., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Loew's Aldine Theatre, Liberty Ave. and 9th St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1932., 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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This rare vintage poster captures [Loew's Aldine Theatre, Liberty Ave. and 9th St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1932. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Loew's Aldine Theatre, Liberty Ave. and 9th St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1932.

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This ink drawing shows the Loew's Aldine theater at the corner of Liberty Avenue and Ninth Street in downtown Pittsburgh, dated 1932. Unlike a photograph of the finished building, it records the design intentions that architects and builders worked from, so it shows the layout and structure before the theater was in use. It belongs to the Library of Congress's architecture, design and engineering holdings, which preserve many drawings of movie palaces from the 1930s. Loew's operated a large chain of such theaters, and the Aldine reflects the period when lavish picture houses were built as public destinations as well as places to see films.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1932
SubjectsTheaters--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,111 × 3,315 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210525

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