[Towers Theatre, Broadway and Pine St., and Broadway Theatre, Broadway near Kanglm (?) Ave., Camden, New Jersey] / AFD 1939. – Antique Poster Print
![[Towers Theatre, Broadway and Pine St., and Broadway Theatre, Broadway near Kanglm (?) Ave., Camden, New Jersey] / AFD 1939., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9e/9ec6aab5b9f2-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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of [Towers Theatre, Broadway and Pine St., and Broadway Theatre, Broadway near Kanglm (?) Ave., Camden, New Jersey] / AFD 1939.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Towers Theatre, Broadway and Pine St., and Broadway Theatre, Broadway near Kanglm (?) Ave., Camden, New Jersey] / AFD 1939.
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This ink drawing is unusual because it shows two Camden theaters on one sheet: the Towers theater at Broadway and Pine Street, and the Broadway theater on Broadway near Kaighn Avenue. The cataloguers were unsure of the second cross street, which is marked with a question mark in the record. The drawing dates from 1939, a period when neighborhood movie houses were a central part of city life and many were being built or updated to draw audiences during the Depression. Plans like this one, held in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, record how such buildings were laid out and give a useful view of a working city streetscape.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1939 |
| Subjects | Theaters--New Jersey--Camden--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--New Jersey--Camden--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,115 × 3,298 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210553 |
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