[Embassy Theatre, Penn St. near N. 8th St., Reading, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1933. – Antique Poster Print
![[Embassy Theatre, Penn St. near N. 8th St., Reading, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1933., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8c/8cf2dd2b34b9-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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[Embassy Theatre, Penn St. near N. 8th St., Reading, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1933. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Embassy Theatre, Penn St. near N. 8th St., Reading, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1933.
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Ink on paper, this 1933 drawing shows the Embassy theater on Penn Street near North 8th Street in Reading, Pennsylvania. It was made during the Depression, when new theater construction slowed across the country but neighborhood movie houses still went up and were remodeled. The Library of Congress holds it among its architecture, design and engineering drawings, which were prepared as working records of how a building was to look and be built. Drawings like this one help historians study American movie theaters of the period, when sound film had made the local theater a central part of town life.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1933 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Pennsylvania--Reading--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Pennsylvania--Reading--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,111 × 3,324 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210535 |
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