[State-Congress Theatre (Folly Theatre, burlesque), S. State St. near E. Congress St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1928. – Antique Poster Print
![[State-Congress Theatre (Folly Theatre, burlesque), S. State St. near E. Congress St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1928., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/53/5384a5fb281b-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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[State-Congress Theatre (Folly Theatre, burlesque), S. State St. near E. Congress St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1928. 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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[State-Congress Theatre (Folly Theatre, burlesque), S. State St. near E. Congress St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1928.
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The drawing shows the State-Congress theater on South State Street near East Congress Street in Chicago, a stretch of the Loop that in the 1920s was packed with vaudeville houses, movie palaces and burlesque theaters. Its Folly theater name points to the burlesque shows that the building housed at the time. Because the record lists it among Chicago theaters of the 1920s, the sheet reads as a working architectural document rather than a finished rendering. Its pen-and-ink lines record the plan and construction details that let builders and inspectors understand how the building was laid out.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1928 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,128 × 3,320 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210429 |
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