[William Fox Washington Theatre, Washington Blvd. and Clifford St., Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1926. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
![[William Fox Washington Theatre, Washington Blvd. and Clifford St., Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1926., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/12/12ef29a6c26b-L.webp)
(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: [William Fox Washington Theatre, Washington Blvd. and Clifford St., Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1926., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[William Fox Washington Theatre, Washington Blvd. and Clifford St., Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1926.
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This is an architectural drawing, rendered in ink on paper, for a motion picture house that William Fox planned at the corner of Washington Boulevard and Clifford Street in Detroit. The sheet is dated 1926, a time when Fox's film company was expanding its chain of theaters and Detroit was one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, with downtown and midtown moviegoing booming. Drawings like this one record the building's plans and construction details before any walls went up, so they show how a 1920s picture palace was laid out on paper. Because the record is brief, the drawing's exact design features are best seen by examining the sheet itself.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1926 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Michigan--Detroit--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Michigan--Detroit--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,168 × 3,320 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210474 |
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