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[Jefferson Theatre, Free St. opposite Oak St., Portland, Maine] / AFD 1929. – Vintage Poster Wall Art

[Jefferson Theatre, Free St. opposite Oak St., Portland, Maine] / AFD 1929., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Jefferson Theatre, Free St. opposite Oak St., Portland, Maine] / AFD 1929., 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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This rare vintage poster captures [Jefferson Theatre, Free St. opposite Oak St., Portland, Maine] / AFD 1929. in remarkable 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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[Jefferson Theatre, Free St. opposite Oak St., Portland, Maine] / AFD 1929.

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The Jefferson theater stood on Free Street, opposite Oak Street, in Portland, Maine, and this ink drawing from 1929 records its design. It dates from the years when movies were shifting from silent films to talkies and theaters were being built larger and more elaborate in cities across the country. Working plans like this one were documents for architects and builders, so they show how a house was laid out for crowds, screens and stage space rather than how the public saw it. Held by the Library of Congress, it is a useful record of Portland's downtown entertainment district in that decade.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1929
SubjectsTheaters--Maine--Portland--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Maine--Portland--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,089 × 3,315 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210740

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