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Turnstile and ticket booth of Trans-Lux Theatre, 58th St. and Madison Ave., New York City – Antique Print

Turnstile and ticket booth of Trans-Lux Theatre, 58th St. and Madison Ave., New York City, c1931. — historic photograph
Turnstile and ticket booth of Trans-Lux Theatre, 58th St. and Madison Ave., New York City, c1931.. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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Turnstile and ticket booth of Trans-Lux Theatre, 58th St. and Madison Ave., New York City comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Turnstile and ticket booth of Trans-Lux Theatre, 58th St. and Madison Ave., New York City

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The Trans-Lux theater at 58th Street and Madison Avenue was one of the newsreel and short-subject houses that drew crowds in New York during the early 1930s, when a feature film often shared the bill with news clips and shorts. This photograph, dated about 1931, focuses on the entrance itself: the turnstile through which patrons passed and the ticket booth beside it. Such a setup shows how a movie house managed a steady flow of customers at a time when moviegoing was one of the cheapest forms of entertainment. The print was issued under the copyright of the Trans-Lux Movies Corporation, a company that also built projection and display equipment.

Created / publishedc1931.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1930-1940.
NotesCopyright by Trans-Lux Movies Corp., N.Y.C.
SubjectsTurnstiles--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Ticket offices--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,148 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161682

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