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[Theaters, Washington, D.C. New National Theatre. Elevation] – Vintage Poster Wall Art

[Theaters, Washington, D.C. New National Theatre. Elevation], And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Theaters, Washington, D.C. New National Theatre. Elevation], 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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The New National theater in Washington, D.C., appears here as an architectural elevation, the flat front-on drawing architects made to show a building's street face before construction began. The ink and graphite lines set out its facade in the form a client or builder would review. The National had been one of the city's leading playhouses since the 1830s, and its rebuilding in this period reflected the growth of downtown entertainment and the rising popularity of motion pictures, which the record's subject headings also note. Drawings like this are worth studying because they show how a theater intended to present itself to the street.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
Genre[1918]
SubjectsTheaters--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920. Motion picture theaters--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,106 × 3,311 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-158338

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