[Balaban & Katz Tivoli Theatre, Cottage Grove Ave. and 63rd St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1933. – Historic Poster Reproduction
![[Balaban & Katz Tivoli Theatre, Cottage Grove Ave. and 63rd St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1933., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/72/72ff94209e6f-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 [Balaban & Katz Tivoli Theatre, Cottage Grove Ave. and 63rd St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1933. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Balaban & Katz Tivoli Theatre, Cottage Grove Ave. and 63rd St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1933.
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This ink drawing shows the Tivoli theater at Cottage Grove Avenue and 63rd Street on Chicago's South Side, built for the Balaban & Katz chain, which ran many of the city's movie palaces during the 1920s and 1930s. Architectural and engineering drawings like this one record a building's plans and details, so they show how a neighborhood theater was laid out before it was constructed or altered. The sheet dates to 1933, a period when the movie house was the center of local entertainment and when many theaters were being updated to keep pace with sound pictures. Its precise linework makes it a useful document for anyone studying the design of Chicago's theaters in that era.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1933 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,107 × 3,289 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210607 |
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