[Merrill Theatre, Majestic Theatre, and Garden Theatre, Grand Ave. and 3rd St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin] / AFD 1924. – Antique Poster Print
![[Merrill Theatre, Majestic Theatre, and Garden Theatre, Grand Ave. and 3rd St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin] / AFD 1924., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c4/c47a88f7f641-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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of [Merrill Theatre, Majestic Theatre, and Garden Theatre, Grand Ave. and 3rd St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin] / AFD 1924.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Merrill Theatre, Majestic Theatre, and Garden Theatre, Grand Ave. and 3rd St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin] / AFD 1924.
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The drawing shows three theaters that once stood together at the corner of Grand Avenue and Third Street in Milwaukee: the Merrill, the Majestic, and the Garden. Its title notes that these buildings sat side by side on a single block, which makes it a useful snapshot of the city's downtown entertainment district in the 1920s. The Library of Congress catalogs it among its American Architecture and Engineering drawings, a collection of plans and elevations that record how buildings were designed and built. Picture theaters were a major building type in that decade, and a drawing like this preserves the layout and façade of venues that have since changed or disappeared.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1924 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,085 × 3,329 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210590 |
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