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[Majestic Theatre, Main St. and Smith St., Paterson, New Jersey] / AFD 1920. – Historic Poster Reproduction

[Majestic Theatre, Main St. and Smith St., Paterson, New Jersey] / AFD 1920., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Majestic Theatre, Main St. and Smith St., Paterson, New Jersey] / AFD 1920., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings. Vintage poster from the Theater Posters 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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[Majestic Theatre, Main St. and Smith St., Paterson, New Jersey] / AFD 1920.

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Paterson, New Jersey, was known as Silk City for its textile mills, and this 1920 ink drawing records a theater at the corner of Main and Smith streets there. The Majestic belongs to the boom in motion picture houses that filled American downtowns during the 1910s and 1920s, when silent films drew large crowds and owners built ever larger auditoriums. Architectural drawings like this one show how such buildings were laid out before construction began, and they often preserve the appearance of theaters that have since been altered or lost.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1920
SubjectsTheaters--New Jersey--Paterson--1920. Motion picture theaters--New Jersey--Paterson--1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,106 × 3,307 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210634

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