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[Kentucky Theatre, Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky] – Historic Poster Reproduction

[Kentucky Theatre, Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky], And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Kentucky Theatre, Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky], 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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Step back in time with [Kentucky Theatre, Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky], a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Kentucky Theatre, Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky]

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The Kentucky theater on Main Street in Lexington is the subject of this ink drawing, which shows the building as it stood in 1934, during the Great Depression, when movie palaces were still among the most ornate structures on their blocks. The Library of Congress holds it in its Architecture, Design and Engineering drawings, a collection of plans and elevations of commercial and civic buildings. Facades and marquees from this era were designed to draw crowds to the street, so the drawing preserves how a local picture house presented itself to passersby. Its subject sets it apart from the many theater images that cover the same era.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre[1934]
SubjectsTheaters--Kentucky--Lexington--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Kentucky--Lexington--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,333 × 4,163 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210423

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