[Riverside Theatre (RKO), West Wisconsin Ave. and Water St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin] / AFD 1934. – Vintage Poster
![[Riverside Theatre (RKO), West Wisconsin Ave. and Water St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin] / AFD 1934., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/96/96d675e6f442-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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This rare vintage poster captures [Riverside Theatre (RKO), West Wisconsin Ave. and Water St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin] / AFD 1934. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Riverside Theatre (RKO), West Wisconsin Ave. and Water St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin] / AFD 1934.
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The Riverside theater, an RKO house at the corner of West Wisconsin Avenue and Water Street in Milwaukee, is the subject of this 1934 ink drawing, which survives in the Library of Congress's Architectural and Engineering drawings holdings. Drawings like this one were made to record a building's design and construction details, so the line work shows the structure as its architects and draftsmen intended it. The record places it among theaters in Milwaukee during the 1930s, a period when movie palaces were central to urban entertainment and RKO was one of the major studios operating its own chain of houses.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1934 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,085 × 3,298 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210592 |
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