[Miller Theatre and Miller Hotel, 3rd St. near Grand Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin] / AFD 1928. – Antique Poster Print
![[Miller Theatre and Miller Hotel, 3rd St. near Grand Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin] / AFD 1928., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/57/57baeac0b09d-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 [Miller Theatre and Miller Hotel, 3rd St. near Grand Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin] / AFD 1928. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Miller Theatre and Miller Hotel, 3rd St. near Grand Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin] / AFD 1928.
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The particular feature of this piece is its pairing: a theater and a hotel drawn together on one sheet, both sited along 3rd Street near Grand Avenue in Milwaukee. It is an architectural drawing in ink on paper, dated 1928, from the Architecture, Design and Engineering collection of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Such working drawings were used to plan and build structures, and this one records a combined theater and hotel block in a decade when movie palaces were spreading through American downtowns. Milwaukee's 1920s theaters often sat beside hotels and office space, so the sheet offers a view of how commercial entertainment and lodging were planned together in that period.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1928 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--1920-1930. Hotels--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,106 × 3,299 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210589 |
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