Opera House, Litchfield, Minn. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: Opera House, Litchfield, Minn., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Opera House, Litchfield, Minn.
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The Opera House in Litchfield, a small city in Meeker County in west-central Minnesota, stands at the center of this view. Halls like it were common across the Upper Midwest around 1900, often serving as the main stage for touring stock companies, traveling lecturers, concerts, and local events. The print is undated and catalogued only as falling between 1900 and 1930, so its exact date is uncertain, but it captures a period when such buildings anchored small-town cultural life before motion pictures began to take over their programming.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [between 1900 and 1930] |
| Subjects | Opera houses--Minnesota--Litchfield--1900-1930. Theaters--Minnesota--Litchfield--1900-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,095 × 4,104 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210665 |
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