[Adelphia Theatre (New Gayety Theatre; Columbia Theatre) and Hotel Planter, N. Clark St. near W. Madison St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
![[Adelphia Theatre (New Gayety Theatre; Columbia Theatre) and Hotel Planter, N. Clark St. near W. Madison St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/32/32f348838615-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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[Adelphia Theatre (New Gayety Theatre; Columbia Theatre) and Hotel Planter, N. Clark St. near W. Madison St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926. 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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[Adelphia Theatre (New Gayety Theatre; Columbia Theatre) and Hotel Planter, N. Clark St. near W. Madison St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926.
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Sharing a single lot, a playhouse and a hotel rose together on North Clark Street in this 1926 ink drawing of the Adelphia theater and Hotel Planter, which sets it apart from the other theater plans on this board. The building later carried the names New Gayety and Columbia, a reminder of how Chicago houses changed hands and programming through the decade. In the 1920s the Loop was crowded with vaudeville, legitimate and motion picture houses, and developers often stacked hotel rooms above or beside a theater to make the most of a costly site. Drawings like this were working documents, and the careful linework shows how the two uses were planned to fit together.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1926 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Hotels--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,155 × 3,320 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210444 |
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