[Opera House, Liberty St. near George St., New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Empire Theatre, Westminster St. opposite Aborn St., Providence, Rhode Island] / AFD 1934. – Antique Poster Print
![[Opera House, Liberty St. near George St., New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Empire Theatre, Westminster St. opposite Aborn St., Providence, Rhode Island] / AFD 1934., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/aa/aa6cfe927a34-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 [Opera House, Liberty St. near George St., New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Empire Theatre, Westminster St. opposite Aborn St., Providence, Rhode Island] / AFD 1934. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Opera House, Liberty St. near George St., New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Empire Theatre, Westminster St. opposite Aborn St., Providence, Rhode Island] / AFD 1934.
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Drawn in ink on paper, this 1934 sheet pairs two theaters: an opera house on Liberty Street near George Street in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and the Empire theater on Westminster Street opposite Aborn Street in Providence, Rhode Island. It is an architectural and engineering drawing, a technical record of how each building was laid out rather than how it looked to audiences. Many older opera houses and theaters from this period were adapted for motion pictures, and records like this one document the places where that shift took place. Its precise linework makes it useful for anyone studying theater design in the 1930s.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1934 |
| Subjects | Opera houses--New Jersey--New Brunswick--1930-1940. Theaters--New Jersey--New Brunswick--1930-1940. Theaters--Rhode Island--Providence--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--New Jersey--New Brunswick--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Rhode Island--Providence--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,329 × 4,137 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210586 |
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