[New Bijou Theatre and Poli's Bijou Theatre (Bijou Dream), Church St. opposite Poli's Palace Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut] / AFD 1923. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
![[New Bijou Theatre and Poli's Bijou Theatre (Bijou Dream), Church St. opposite Poli's Palace Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut] / AFD 1923., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/31/31a930ea2209-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: [New Bijou Theatre and Poli's Bijou Theatre (Bijou Dream), Church St. opposite Poli's Palace Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut] / AFD 1923., preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[New Bijou Theatre and Poli's Bijou Theatre (Bijou Dream), Church St. opposite Poli's Palace Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut] / AFD 1923.
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Few pictures on this board show a building that was still on paper when it was drawn. This ink drawing presents the New Bijou theater and Poli's Bijou theater on Church Street in New Haven, Connecticut, set directly across from Poli's Palace theater, a major vaudeville and film house of the period. The catalog subjects also list hotels, which points to a mixed-use block where a playhouse and lodging shared one site. Drawings like this were used to plan construction and show clients how a facade would look, so the drawing reflects the 1920s ambition to build larger, more lavish movie palaces in American downtowns.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1923 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Connecticut--New Haven--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Connecticut--New Haven--1920-1930. Hotels--Connecticut--New Haven--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,285 × 4,076 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210619 |
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