[Cort Theatre, N. Dearborn St. near E. Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1929. – Vintage Poster
![[Cort Theatre, N. Dearborn St. near E. Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1929., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2a/2a84513f3ae7-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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This vintage poster of [Cort Theatre, N. Dearborn St. near E. Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1929. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Cort Theatre, N. Dearborn St. near E. Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1929.
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Drawn in ink in 1929, this architectural sheet documents the Cort theater on North Dearborn Street near East Randolph Street in Chicago's Loop. The Cort was one of many playhouses in that district during the 1920s, when live stage productions shared the city's entertainment market with rapidly expanding movie houses. The Library of Congress holds it among its architecture and engineering drawings, a collection that preserves how commercial theaters of the period were planned and documented. Drawings like this are valued today for the construction details they record about buildings that were often remodeled or demolished.
| 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 | 4,110 × 3,307 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210433 |
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