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[Theaters, Washington, D.C. Loew's Columbia Theatre, F St. and 12th St. NW. Elevation] / AFD 1930. – Vintage Poster Wall Art

[Theaters, Washington, D.C. Loew's Columbia Theatre, F St. and 12th St. NW. Elevation] / AFD 1930., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Theaters, Washington, D.C. Loew's Columbia Theatre, F St. and 12th St. NW. Elevation] / AFD 1930., 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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This rare vintage poster captures [Theaters, Washington, D.C. Loew's Columbia Theatre, F St. and 12th St. NW. Elevation] / AFD 1930. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Theaters, Washington, D.C. Loew's Columbia Theatre, F St. and 12th St. NW. Elevation] / AFD 1930.

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The Loew's Columbia theater stood at the corner of F and 12th Streets NW in Washington, D.C., and this 1930 ink drawing shows its front elevation, the facade as the designers planned it. Loew's was one of the largest movie-theater chains of the period, and its houses were built to make a night at the pictures feel like an occasion, with grand street fronts meant to draw crowds from the sidewalk. Elevation drawings like this one served as the working record for builders and show how a theater's public face was composed before construction began. The drawing belongs to the Library of Congress's collection of architectural and engineering drawings, which preserves such plans as records of how Washington's commercial streetscape took shape.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1930
SubjectsTheaters--Washington (D.C.)--1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,103 × 3,302 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210733

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