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[Theaters, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1928. – Vintage Poster

[Theaters, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1928., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Theaters, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1928., 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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Step back in time with [Theaters, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1928., a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Unlike most pictures on this board, this 1928 ink drawing is a technical record of theaters in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, made for architectural and engineering purposes rather than as a work of art. The 1920s were a boom decade for theater building across the United States, as movie houses spread alongside older opera houses and vaudeville stages. Its catalog subjects cover general theaters, motion picture theaters and opera houses, a reminder that a city of this size could support all three. The fine linework is worth a close look for what it reveals about how these buildings were planned.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1928
SubjectsTheaters--Pennsylvania--Wilkes Barre--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Pennsylvania--Wilkes Barre--1920-1930. Opera houses--Pennsylvania--Wilkes Barre--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,316 × 4,102 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210523

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