[Grand Opera House (Bunnell's Museum ; New Haven Theatre), Crown St. near Church St., New Haven, Connecticut] / AFD 1937. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
![[Grand Opera House (Bunnell's Museum ; New Haven Theatre), Crown St. near Church St., New Haven, Connecticut] / AFD 1937., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/63/632118bbab6a-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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[Grand Opera House (Bunnell's Museum ; New Haven Theatre), Crown St. near Church St., New Haven, Connecticut] / AFD 1937. 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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[Grand Opera House (Bunnell's Museum ; New Haven Theatre), Crown St. near Church St., New Haven, Connecticut] / AFD 1937.
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Few theaters in New Haven carried as many names as the building on Crown Street near Church Street, which appears in records as Bunnell's Museum, the New Haven theater, and the Grand Opera House. This 1937 ink drawing documents it during the years when many American playhouses shifted from live performance toward motion pictures, a change that reshaped theater interiors and street fronts across the country. Its subject headings also mark it as a motion picture house, so the drawing captures a building in transition. Architectural drawings from the 1930s are valuable because they preserve plans and details that were often altered or lost in later renovations.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1937 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Connecticut--New Haven--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Connecticut--New Haven--1930-1940. Opera houses--Connecticut--New Haven--1930-1940. |
| 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-210661 |
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