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[Theaters, Washington, D.C. Belasco Theatre. Elevation] / AFD. – Historic Poster Reproduction

[Theaters, Washington, D.C. Belasco Theatre. Elevation] / AFD., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Theaters, Washington, D.C. Belasco Theatre. Elevation] / AFD., 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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A window into the past: [Theaters, Washington, D.C. Belasco Theatre. Elevation] / AFD., preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Theaters, Washington, D.C. Belasco Theatre. Elevation] / AFD.

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This elevation drawing shows the front of the Belasco theater, a playhouse in Washington, D.C., named for the New York producer and playwright David Belasco. Drawn in ink on paper around 1925, it records the building's street face as a set of measured architectural lines, the kind of document builders and city officials used to plan and check construction. Its place in the Library of Congress's architecture and engineering holdings makes it a useful record of how the capital's commercial theaters were designed in the 1920s, when stage houses were a major part of downtown life.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre[ca. 1925]
SubjectsTheaters--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,968 × 3,255 px · prints to 13 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-211407

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