[Geo. M. Cohan's Grand Opera House, N. Clark St. opposite city hall, Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1924. – Vintage Poster
![[Geo. M. Cohan's Grand Opera House, N. Clark St. opposite city hall, Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1924., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c0/c05632a1eb86-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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This vintage poster of [Geo. M. Cohan's Grand Opera House, N. Clark St. opposite city hall, Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1924. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Geo. M. Cohan's Grand Opera House, N. Clark St. opposite city hall, Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1924.
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Few theater drawings from the 1920s name their building as plainly as this one, which records George M. Cohan's Grand Opera House on North Clark Street, directly across from Chicago's City Hall. The sheet is an ink drawing dated 1924, and its catalog subjects also include motion picture theaters, a reminder that many of the city's stage houses were being adapted for film during those years. Cohan, the Broadway playwright, composer and performer, lent the house his name and much of its drawing power. Architectural drawings like this one show how such buildings were planned, laid out and reworked for changing audiences.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1924 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Opera houses--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,146 × 3,347 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210435 |
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