[Exterior of Barth Theater with marquee reading In old Kentucky with Anita Stewart Carbondale, Illinois] – Vintage Poster
![[Exterior of Barth Theater with marquee reading In old Kentucky with Anita Stewart Carbondale, Illinois], Design — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8a/8a2a488c88d0-L.webp)
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A window into the past: [Exterior of Barth Theater with marquee reading In old Kentucky with Anita Stewart Carbondale, Illinois], preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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[Exterior of Barth Theater with marquee reading In old Kentucky with Anita Stewart Carbondale, Illinois]
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Rather than a photograph, this is an ink drawing of the front of the Barth Theater in Carbondale, Illinois, with a marquee announcing *In Old Kentucky* with Anita Stewart. Stewart was a leading silent-era actress, best known for her work with the Vitagraph studio in the 1910s, and her name on a marquee was meant to draw crowds to local houses like this one. The drawing comes from a collection of architectural and engineering renderings, so it shows how the façade was laid out and lettered, which offers a useful look at how movie theaters presented themselves to passersby in the silent era.
| Created / published | Design |
|---|---|
| Medium | LC-USZ62-134952 (b&w film copy neg.) Publication may be restricted. For information see Architecture |
| Genre | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Notes | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
| Original scan | 4,137 × 3,289 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210467 |
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