[B.F. Keith's Theatre, B.F. Keith Building, and Strand Theatre, Walnut St. opposite post office, Cincinnati, Ohio] / AFD 1925. – Vintage Poster
![[B.F. Keith's Theatre, B.F. Keith Building, and Strand Theatre, Walnut St. opposite post office, Cincinnati, Ohio] / AFD 1925., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c5/c57818e7da03-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 [B.F. Keith's Theatre, B.F. Keith Building, and Strand Theatre, Walnut St. opposite post office, Cincinnati, Ohio] / AFD 1925.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[B.F. Keith's Theatre, B.F. Keith Building, and Strand Theatre, Walnut St. opposite post office, Cincinnati, Ohio] / AFD 1925.
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This 1925 ink drawing is an architectural elevation rather than a photograph, and it shows a complex that combined a vaudeville house, an office building, and a motion picture theater on Walnut Street opposite the Cincinnati post office. The B.F. Keith name points to the Keith circuit, the vaudeville chain built by Benjamin Franklin Keith, whose theaters in the early twentieth century were known for clean family entertainment. Drawings like this one, held in the Library of Congress's Architecture, Design and Engineering collection, were produced to guide construction and document planned buildings, so the sheet records design intent as much as a finished street scene.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1925 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Ohio--Cincinnati--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Ohio--Cincinnati--1920-1930. Office buildings--Ohio--Cincinnati--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,133 × 3,293 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210499 |
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