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[Proctor's Broad St. Theatre (Lyceum, 1884), Broad St. off Courthouse, Elizabeth, New Jersey] / AFD. – Vintage Poster

[Proctor's Broad St. Theatre (Lyceum, 1884), Broad St. off Courthouse, Elizabeth, New Jersey] / AFD., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Proctor's Broad St. Theatre (Lyceum, 1884), Broad St. off Courthouse, Elizabeth, New Jersey] / AFD., 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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[Proctor's Broad St. Theatre (Lyceum, 1884), Broad St. off Courthouse, Elizabeth, New Jersey] / AFD. 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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[Proctor's Broad St. Theatre (Lyceum, 1884), Broad St. off Courthouse, Elizabeth, New Jersey] / AFD.

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Proctor's Broad Street theater began as the Lyceum in 1884, and this ca. 1920 ink drawing records the Elizabeth, New Jersey, house during the years when it was known by its later name. The Library of Congress catalogs the sheet among its architectural drawings, and its subject headings place theaters and motion picture houses in Elizabeth between 1910 and 1930. That was a period when vaudeville and the new movies competed for the same audiences, and many theaters were remodeled to keep up. A drawing like this helps show how the building was laid out during that change.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre[ca. 1920]
SubjectsTheaters--New Jersey--Elizabeth--1910-1930. Motion picture theaters--New Jersey--Elizabeth--1910-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,177 × 3,351 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210489

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