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[Colonial Theatre, Boylston St. near Tremont St., opposite the Common, Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1921. – Vintage Poster

[Colonial Theatre, Boylston St. near Tremont St., opposite the Common, Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1921., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Colonial Theatre, Boylston St. near Tremont St., opposite the Common, Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1921., 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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A window into the past: [Colonial Theatre, Boylston St. near Tremont St., opposite the Common, Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1921., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Colonial Theatre, Boylston St. near Tremont St., opposite the Common, Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1921.

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Drawn in ink in 1921, this view shows the Colonial theater on Boylston Street near Tremont Street, directly across from Boston Common. The Colonial had opened in 1900 and became one of the city's leading stages, known for out-of-town tryouts and Boston premieres of Broadway productions. As an architectural record of a 1920s downtown theater, the drawing shows how the building presented itself on a busy corner just as motion pictures were drawing crowds to houses like it.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1921
SubjectsTheaters--Massachusetts--Boston--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Massachusetts--Boston--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,111 × 3,324 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210375

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