Orpheum Theatre, New Orleans, La. – Antique Print
![Orpheum Theatre, New Orleans, La., [1910?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3b/3bbedb43bf4d-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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Orpheum Theatre, New Orleans, La. comes to life in this historic photograph, 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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Orpheum Theatre, New Orleans, La.
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The most distinctive detail here is the poster on the front of the Orpheum theater in New Orleans, which lists a Monday, March 21. That date falls on a Monday in 1910, which fits the bracketed "[1910?]" estimate in the record. The Orpheum name belonged to a national vaudeville circuit, so theaters carrying it offered a touring bill of acts that might include singers, comedians, and acrobats. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 x 10 inch glass negative, sold views of American cities and landmarks in the early twentieth century, and its street scenes often show how such entertainment venues looked to ordinary passersby.
| Created / published | [1910?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Mon. Mar. 21" on poster. "G 6887" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071823. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Theaters.United States--Louisiana--New Orleans. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 802 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-73047 |
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