Hippodrome Theatre, New York City – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Hippodrome Theatre, New York City. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Hippodrome Theatre, New York City
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The Hippodrome on Sixth Avenue at 43rd Street was built as a spectacle house rather than a conventional playhouse, and this c1905 view records it in its first years. Its producers, Frederick Thompson and Elmer Dundy, designed the stage for enormous productions, including a tank that could be flooded for water scenes and a seating area that held several thousand people. The photograph was copyrighted by C.C. Langill of New York, though the date and attribution come from an unverified caption card. The building shows how entertainment in the city was moving toward mass audiences in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo copyrighted by C.C. Langill, New York. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Theatres; Ph. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,147 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-147737 |
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