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[New Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California] / AFD 1916. – Historic Poster Reproduction

[New Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California] / AFD 1916., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[New Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California] / AFD 1916., 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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This rare vintage poster captures [New Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California] / AFD 1916. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[New Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California] / AFD 1916.

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The name at the top sets this drawing apart: the New Orpheum, a San Francisco house tied to the Orpheum vaudeville circuit, which by 1916 operated theaters in several cities. This ink-on-paper plan comes from the Library of Congress's architecture and engineering drawings and records a theater built as vaudeville and motion pictures were competing for the same audiences. Drawings like this show how a playhouse's layout, seating, and stage were planned before construction. Its 1916 date places it in a period when theater design was changing quickly.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1916
SubjectsTheaters--California--San Francisco--1910-1920. Motion picture theaters--California--San Francisco--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,062 × 3,324 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210647

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