[Erlanger Theatre (Palace Music Hall), N. Clark St. opposite city hall, Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1927. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
![[Erlanger Theatre (Palace Music Hall), N. Clark St. opposite city hall, Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1927., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3a/3a7f59ef3906-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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This vintage poster of [Erlanger Theatre (Palace Music Hall), N. Clark St. opposite city hall, Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1927. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Erlanger Theatre (Palace Music Hall), N. Clark St. opposite city hall, Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1927.
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Few pictures on this board show the working side of a building, but this ink drawing records the Erlanger theater on North Clark Street, directly across from Chicago's City Hall, as it was renamed the Palace Music Hall. The Erlanger was named for Abraham Erlanger, a New York theatrical producer whose name stood for a large network of stage productions in the early 1900s. By the 1920s, many downtown Chicago playhouses were converting to motion pictures and vaudeville, and the drawing's subject headings reflect that shift toward film houses. Its 1927 date and technical character make it useful to architectural historians tracing how these theaters were planned and adapted.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1927 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,299 × 4,102 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210439 |
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