[Rialto Theatre, S. State St. near E. Van Buren St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926. – Antique Poster Print
![[Rialto Theatre, S. State St. near E. Van Buren St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ce/cec8d5bd4264-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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[Rialto Theatre, S. State St. near E. Van Buren St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926. 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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[Rialto Theatre, S. State St. near E. Van Buren St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926.
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This ink drawing shows a theater on South State Street near East Van Buren Street, in the Loop, where the 1920s brought a boom in large movie houses that combined film with stage entertainment. Architectural drawings like this one were the working documents that guided a building's construction, so they record the plan, massing and details the architects intended rather than how the finished house looked. Chicago's theater district was among the busiest in the country during these years, and the State Street houses drew crowds from across the city. Looking closely at the linework shows how much precision went into translating an architect's ideas into a building that could seat a large audience.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1926 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,150 × 3,289 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210428 |
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