[Gayety Theatre and Shubert Alvin Theatre, 6th St. and Duquesne Way, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1924. – Antique Poster Print
![[Gayety Theatre and Shubert Alvin Theatre, 6th St. and Duquesne Way, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1924., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/17/17e0b0b3a6e4-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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of [Gayety Theatre and Shubert Alvin Theatre, 6th St. and Duquesne Way, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1924.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Gayety Theatre and Shubert Alvin Theatre, 6th St. and Duquesne Way, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1924.
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This ink drawing shows two theaters side by side at Sixth Street and Duquesne Way in Pittsburgh, the Gayety and the Shubert Alvin, which places it in the city's downtown theater district. Drawings like this were typically prepared for design, construction, or alteration work, so the sheet records the buildings as their architects and engineers planned them rather than as they were used. The record dates it to 1924, a decade when Pittsburgh's downtown houses were hosting vaudeville, burlesque, and newly popular motion pictures. The Library of Congress catalogs it among its architectural and engineering drawings, and it is worth looking closely at how the two houses share a single block.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1924 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,172 × 3,280 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210533 |
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