[Grand Opera House and Lyric Theatre, Fifth Ave. near Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1928. – Historic Poster Reproduction
![[Grand Opera House and Lyric Theatre, Fifth Ave. near Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1928., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/54/547df115e9f1-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 vintage poster of [Grand Opera House and Lyric Theatre, Fifth Ave. near Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1928. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Grand Opera House and Lyric Theatre, Fifth Ave. near Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1928.
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This ink drawing from 1928 shows the Grand Opera House and Lyric theater on Fifth Avenue near Smithfield Street in downtown Pittsburgh, and it is a working architectural plan rather than a poster or photograph. The pairing in the title suggests two playhouses sharing one site, a common arrangement in the city's theater district in the 1920s, when live drama, opera and motion pictures competed for audiences. Drawings like this guided construction and alterations, so they preserve the building's layout in precise detail.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1928 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1920-1930. Opera houses--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,120 × 3,320 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210532 |
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