[New Orpheum Theatre (Orpheum Vaudeville Theatre), Kansas City, Missouri] / AFD 1932. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
![[New Orpheum Theatre (Orpheum Vaudeville Theatre), Kansas City, Missouri] / AFD 1932., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/51/51697d9aaa51-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 rare vintage poster captures [New Orpheum Theatre (Orpheum Vaudeville Theatre), Kansas City, Missouri] / AFD 1932. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[New Orpheum Theatre (Orpheum Vaudeville Theatre), Kansas City, Missouri] / AFD 1932.
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The drawing shows the New Orpheum theater in Kansas City, Missouri, which the record also lists as the Orpheum Vaudeville theater. Rendered in ink on paper in 1932, it is a working architectural drawing rather than a view of the building in use, so its lines record planning and construction details. The Orpheum name tied the house to a national circuit of vaudeville theaters, a format that was losing ground in the early 1930s as motion pictures took over more of the entertainment market. Many theaters of that period were adapted to show films, which makes drawings like this one a useful record of how the buildings were designed for both live shows and screenings.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1932 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Missouri--Kansas City--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Missouri--Kansas City--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,163 × 3,351 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210463 |
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