Powell's Theater, Chincoteague, Va. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Powell's Theater, Chincoteague, Va., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Powell's Theater, Chincoteague, Va.
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Powell's Theater stood in Chincoteague, a fishing town on Virginia's Eastern Shore, where one picture house could serve an entire community. The photograph dates from somewhere between 1910 and 1940, a period when movie theaters spread quickly into small American towns, often replacing vaudeville halls and opera houses as the main place for evening entertainment. Chincoteague is better known today for the wild ponies on nearby Assateague Island, but a theater like this one reflects the everyday leisure life of year-round residents. Small-town theaters of this era typically relied on marquees and painted signs to draw passersby, which makes their street fronts a useful record of how they advertised.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [between 1910 and 1940] |
| Subjects | Theaters--Virgnia--Chincoteague--1910-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,680 × 3,075 px · prints to 16 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210667 |
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