[Mishler's Theatre, Altoona, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1932. – Antique Poster Print
![[Mishler's Theatre, Altoona, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1932., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/30/30a0d2641f38-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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A window into the past: [Mishler's Theatre, Altoona, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1932., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Mishler's Theatre, Altoona, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1932.
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Unlike the many street views and interiors on this board, this one is an ink drawing of Mishler's theater in Altoona, Pennsylvania, dated 1932. Drawings of this kind were made to record a building's plan and design, so the work shows the theater's layout and architectural details rather than its atmosphere. Altoona was a busy railroad city in the 1930s, and its downtown theaters drew large crowds for both vaudeville and motion pictures. The Library of Congress catalogs the drawing among its architecture and engineering holdings, which makes it useful to anyone studying how movie houses were planned in that period.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1932 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Pennsylvania--Altoona--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Pennsylvania--Altoona--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,115 × 3,289 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210529 |
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