[Gayety Theatre (Burlesque), Washington St. near La Grange St., Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1922. – Vintage Poster
![[Gayety Theatre (Burlesque), Washington St. near La Grange St., Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1922., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ce/ce642b9956c6-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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[Gayety Theatre (Burlesque), Washington St. near La Grange St., Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1922. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Gayety Theatre (Burlesque), Washington St. near La Grange St., Boston, Massachusetts] / AFD 1922.
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This ink drawing shows the Gayety theater on Washington Street near La Grange Street in Boston, a building the record lists both as a burlesque house and as a motion picture theater. Its 1922 date places it in the years when downtown Boston's Washington Street was a dense strip of playhouses, vaudeville stages, and newly popular cinemas competing for the same crowds. Burlesque houses of this era were known for lively variety bills, and the theater's dual listing shows how many such buildings adapted as film became the main attraction. The drawing is an architectural record, so its lines capture the front elevation and layout as designers planned them, offering a glimpse of a working theater from the period.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1922 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Massachusetts--Boston--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Massachusetts--Boston--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,102 × 3,315 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210477 |
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