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[Shubert Apollo Theatre (formerly B.F. Keith's Theatre), Tremont St. opposite the Common, and B.F. Keith's Vaudeville, Washington St., Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1931. – Vintage Poster Wall Art

[Shubert Apollo Theatre (formerly B.F. Keith's Theatre), Tremont St. opposite the Common, and B.F. Keith's Vaudeville, Washington St., Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1931., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Shubert Apollo Theatre (formerly B.F. Keith's Theatre), Tremont St. opposite the Common, and B.F. Keith's Vaudeville, Washington St., Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1931., 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of [Shubert Apollo Theatre (formerly B.F. Keith's Theatre), Tremont St. opposite the Common, and B.F. Keith's Vaudeville, Washington St., Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1931.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Shubert Apollo Theatre (formerly B.F. Keith's Theatre), Tremont St. opposite the Common, and B.F. Keith's Vaudeville, Washington St., Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1931.

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This ink drawing pairs two Boston theaters in one sheet: the house on Tremont Street, across from the Common, and the B.F. Keith's Vaudeville house on Washington Street. The Tremont Street building began as B.F. Keith's theater and was later known as the Shubert Apollo. Benjamin Franklin Keith built one of the largest vaudeville circuits in the country, and Boston was among its major cities. The drawing dates from 1931, when vaudeville was losing ground to motion pictures, and many of these theaters were designed to show both live acts and films.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1931
SubjectsTheaters--Massachusetts--Boston--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Massachusetts--Boston--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,298 × 4,084 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210380

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