[Capitol Theatre, Broadway near Park, Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1938. – Historic Poster Reproduction
![[Capitol Theatre, Broadway near Park, Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1938., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bd/bddf952e5dd4-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 [Capitol Theatre, Broadway near Park, Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1938., a vintage poster rich in period 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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[Capitol Theatre, Broadway near Park, Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1938.
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Few buildings on Broadway in Detroit's theater district drew more attention than the Capitol, and this ink drawing records its street-side setting near Park Street. Drawn in 1938, during the years when federal projects were documenting older American buildings, it shows the theater as an architectural record rather than an advertisement. Detroit's Broadway ran through the entertainment blocks around Grand Circus Park, where movie palaces and vaudeville houses competed for crowds in the 1920s and 1930s. Looking closely at the line work reveals how the architect planned the facade, entrances and signage to pull pedestrians off the sidewalk.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1938 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Michigan--Detroit--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Michigan--Detroit--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,106 × 3,329 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210395 |
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