[Studebaker Theatre and Playhouse (Studebaker Building), South Michigan Ave. near East Van Buren St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1929. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
![[Studebaker Theatre and Playhouse (Studebaker Building), South Michigan Ave. near East Van Buren St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1929., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/24/24053b491497-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 [Studebaker Theatre and Playhouse (Studebaker Building), South Michigan Ave. near East Van Buren St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1929.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Studebaker Theatre and Playhouse (Studebaker Building), South Michigan Ave. near East Van Buren St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1929.
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Few theater drawings from this period name a building as specifically as this one: the Studebaker theater and Playhouse, housed in the Studebaker Building on South Michigan Avenue near East Van Buren Street. The Studebaker name tied the site to the South Side wagon and automobile manufacturer whose Chicago presence made the block a recognizable address. By 1929, Chicago's downtown theaters were adapting to the rise of motion pictures, and drawings like this one record how older legitimate-theater spaces were planned, reworked, or documented during that shift. The ink-on-paper sheet is a useful document of the building's working layout as much as its appearance.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1929 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,137 × 3,303 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210608 |
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