[A. L. Erlanger New Columbia Theatre, San Francisco, California] / AFD 1933. – Vintage Poster
![[A. L. Erlanger New Columbia Theatre, San Francisco, California] / AFD 1933., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3c/3cdc0a5f0a13-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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[A. L. Erlanger New Columbia Theatre, San Francisco, California] / AFD 1933. 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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[A. L. Erlanger New Columbia Theatre, San Francisco, California] / AFD 1933.
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Drawn in ink in 1933, this sheet documents the New Columbia theater in San Francisco, a house carrying the name of A. L. Erlanger, the New York producer who held a major stake in American theater in the early twentieth century. The Library of Congress holds it among its Architecture, Design and Engineering drawings, and its subject headings note both legitimate theaters and motion picture houses, a mix common in the 1930s as stage and film shared many venues. Working drawings like this one show how a building was laid out before construction, and the careful linework would have guided builders in a city still feeling the effects of the Depression.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1933 |
| Subjects | Theaters--California--San Francisco--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--California--San Francisco--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,028 × 3,276 px · prints to 13 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210645 |
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