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[Hyperion Theatre, Chapel St. opposite Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut] / AFD 1923. – Vintage Poster

[Hyperion Theatre, Chapel St. opposite Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut] / AFD 1923., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Hyperion Theatre, Chapel St. opposite Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut] / AFD 1923., 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: [Hyperion Theatre, Chapel St. opposite Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut] / AFD 1923., 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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[Hyperion Theatre, Chapel St. opposite Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut] / AFD 1923.

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Chapel Street, across from Yale College in New Haven, was one of the city's busiest entertainment strips in 1923, and the Hyperion theater stood there as a newer addition to it. This ink drawing belongs to a set of architectural and engineering drawings, so it records the building as a set of planned lines and proportions rather than as a street scene. Its date places it in the decade when movie houses were spreading through American cities and when theaters were often designed to draw students and townspeople alike. Viewers interested in the period can use the drawing to see how a 1920s theater was laid out on paper before construction.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1923
SubjectsTheaters--Connecticut--New Haven--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Connecticut--New Haven--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,102 × 3,237 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210611

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