[Sterling Opera House and city hall, by the Public Park Square, Derby, Connecticut] / AFD 1936. – Antique Poster Print
![[Sterling Opera House and city hall, by the Public Park Square, Derby, Connecticut] / AFD 1936., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bd/bd42c538919a-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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Step back in time with [Sterling Opera House and city hall, by the Public Park Square, Derby, Connecticut] / AFD 1936., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Sterling Opera House and city hall, by the Public Park Square, Derby, Connecticut] / AFD 1936.
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Few pictures on this board show a building that did two jobs at once, and this 1936 ink drawing of the Sterling Opera House and city hall in Derby, Connecticut, is one of them. It shows a civic building on Public Park Square where municipal offices and a stage shared one structure, a common arrangement in small American cities of the period. As an architectural drawing rather than a street view, it is valued for its precise lines and layout, and it is held in the Library of Congress's collection of architecture and engineering drawings.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1936 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Connecticut--Derby--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Connecticut--Derby--1930-1940. Opera houses--Connecticut--Derby--1930-1940. City & town halls--Connecticut--Derby--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,089 × 3,285 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210618 |
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