[Hollis St. Theatre, Hollis St. between Tremont and Washington Streets, Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1921. – Vintage Poster
![[Hollis St. Theatre, Hollis St. between Tremont and Washington Streets, Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1921., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2b/2b6e4a954e1d-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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[Hollis St. Theatre, Hollis St. between Tremont and Washington Streets, Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1921. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Hollis St. Theatre, Hollis St. between Tremont and Washington Streets, Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1921.
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This item is an ink-on-paper architectural and engineering drawing of the Hollis Street theater, which stood on Hollis Street between Tremont and Washington Streets in downtown Boston. Dated 1921, it reflects a period when the city's playhouses were adapted for motion pictures alongside live stage shows, a dual use the catalog's subject headings capture. Drawings like this were working documents that owners and builders used to plan alterations to seating, stage, and screen arrangements. Researchers interested in how Boston's theaters changed during the 1920s will find it a useful record of a building in transition.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1921 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Massachusetts--Boston--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Massachusetts--Boston--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,097 × 3,298 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210469 |
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