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[Schubert Theatre (formerly Payton's Theatre, Keeney's Theatre), Branford Place and Helsey St., Newark, New Jersey] / AFD 1935. – Antique Poster Print

[Schubert Theatre (formerly Payton's Theatre, Keeney's Theatre), Branford Place and Helsey St., Newark, New Jersey] / AFD 1935., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Schubert Theatre (formerly Payton's Theatre, Keeney's Theatre), Branford Place and Helsey St., Newark, New Jersey] / AFD 1935., 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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Step back in time with [Schubert Theatre (formerly Payton's Theatre, Keeney's Theatre), Branford Place and Helsey St., Newark, New Jersey] / AFD 1935., 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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[Schubert Theatre (formerly Payton's Theatre, Keeney's Theatre), Branford Place and Helsey St., Newark, New Jersey] / AFD 1935.

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This building went by several names over its life, appearing in the record as the Schubert theater, formerly Payton's and Keeney's. The ink drawing dates to 1935 and belongs to the Library of Congress's architecture and engineering holdings, which preserve building records in a form that can show plans and construction details that photographs cannot. Many Newark theaters of the 1930s were former vaudeville houses adapting to motion pictures, and this site on Branford Place and Helsey Street sat within that busy downtown entertainment district. The drawing captures a working theater at a time when its purpose was shifting.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1935
SubjectsTheaters--New Jersey--Newark--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--New Jersey--Newark--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,111 × 3,311 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210537

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