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[Theater and hotel building (Theatre Richmond Virginia. 3-Title Sheet with vignette]" – Vintage Poster Wall Art

[Theater and hotel building (Theatre Richmond Virginia. 3-Title Sheet with vignette]", ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 3 (C size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items) — vintage poster
[Theater and hotel building (Theatre Richmond Virginia. 3-Title Sheet with vignette]", ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 3 (C size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items). Vintage poster from the Theater Posters collection.

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This rare vintage poster captures [Theater and hotel building (Theatre Richmond Virginia. 3-Title Sheet with vignette]" in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Rather than a finished facade, this picture is a title sheet for a combined theater and hotel in Richmond, Virginia, with a decorative vignette framing the lettering. Presentation sheets like this were often ornamented to impress clients and building authorities, so the vignette is as much a statement of style as a label. Buildings that paired a hotel with a playhouse were a familiar type in American downtowns in the late 1800s and early 1900s, letting guests and theatergoers share one street frontage and lobby. The record gives little beyond its title and type, so the building's exact construction date and later history are open questions.

Created / publishedADE - UNIT 2885, no. 3 (C size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
Medium2001698970
Genreand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
NotesFor information see Architecture
SubjectsDesign
Original scan1,081 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175739

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