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[Singer Orpheum Theatre, University Place near Canal St., New Orleans, Louisiana] / AFD 1936. – Historic Poster Reproduction

[Singer Orpheum Theatre, University Place near Canal St., New Orleans, Louisiana] / AFD 1936., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Singer Orpheum Theatre, University Place near Canal St., New Orleans, Louisiana] / AFD 1936., 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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[Singer Orpheum Theatre, University Place near Canal St., New Orleans, Louisiana] / AFD 1936. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Singer Orpheum Theatre, University Place near Canal St., New Orleans, Louisiana] / AFD 1936.

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Few other images on this board show a theater as a drawn plan rather than a finished building. This ink drawing records the Singer Orpheum on University Place near Canal Street in New Orleans, and its 1936 date places it in the years when the city's theaters were adding sound films and updated interiors. Canal Street was the center of the city's downtown shopping and entertainment district, so a theater there was a prominent public building. Architectural drawings like this one show the layout and design intentions behind a building, which makes them useful for understanding how 1930s movie houses were planned.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1936
SubjectsTheaters--Louisiana--New Orleans--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Louisiana--New Orleans--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,097 × 3,289 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210735

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