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[Oritani Theatre, Main St., Hackensack, New Jersey] / AFD 1932. – Vintage Poster Wall Art

[Oritani Theatre, Main St., Hackensack, New Jersey] / AFD 1932., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Oritani Theatre, Main St., Hackensack, New Jersey] / AFD 1932., 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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[Oritani Theatre, Main St., Hackensack, New Jersey] / AFD 1932. 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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[Oritani Theatre, Main St., Hackensack, New Jersey] / AFD 1932.

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This ink drawing records the Oritani theater on Main Street in Hackensack, New Jersey, a movie house that its 1932 date places at the height of the Depression. Architectural and engineering drawings like this one were made to guide construction and alterations, so the sheet shows the building as its designers planned it rather than as it looked to patrons. Theaters from this period were often built to showcase the newly popular sound films, and their facades and interiors were designed to draw crowds to Main Street. The drawing preserves a record of a local entertainment venue at a time when neighborhood movie palaces were central to small-town social life.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1932
SubjectsTheaters--New Jersey--Hackensack--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--New Jersey--Hackensack--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,111 × 3,293 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210494

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