[Orpheum Theatre, Lafayette Boulevard corner of Sheby St., Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1924. – Antique Poster Print
![[Orpheum Theatre, Lafayette Boulevard corner of Sheby St., Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1924., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cd/cd2ac7982f61-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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Step back in time with [Orpheum Theatre, Lafayette Boulevard corner of Sheby St., Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1924., 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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[Orpheum Theatre, Lafayette Boulevard corner of Sheby St., Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1924.
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This ink drawing shows the Orpheum theater at the corner of Lafayette Boulevard and Shelby Street in Detroit, a specific downtown site rather than a general view of a theater. The Orpheum name linked the house to the vaudeville circuit of the period, and during the 1920s Detroit's theater district grew quickly as live-performance halls and movie palaces were built for a fast-growing city. As an architectural and engineering drawing, the sheet records how the building was planned on paper, which makes it especially useful for studying its street-front design.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1924 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Michigan--Detroit--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Michigan--Detroit--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,120 × 3,311 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210384 |
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