[Academy of Music and Star & Garter Theatre (Columbia Burlesque), North Halsted St. and West Madison St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1928. – Historic Poster Reproduction
![[Academy of Music and Star & Garter Theatre (Columbia Burlesque), North Halsted St. and West Madison St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1928., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2b/2b47acc3ef65-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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[Academy of Music and Star & Garter Theatre (Columbia Burlesque), North Halsted St. and West Madison St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1928. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Academy of Music and Star & Garter Theatre (Columbia Burlesque), North Halsted St. and West Madison St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1928.
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Few pictures in this set show a building with this kind of technical precision. This ink drawing from 1928 records the Academy of Music and the Star & Garter theater at North Halsted and West Madison streets in Chicago. It belongs to the Library of Congress's architectural and engineering drawings, a collection that documents how theater buildings were planned and laid out. The Star & Garter later operated as a Columbia Burlesque house, and the sheet captures a West Side entertainment corner at a time when movie houses and live stage shows were competing for the same audiences.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1928 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,289 × 4,119 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210622 |
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