[Liberty Theatre (Gordon's Hippodrome; Gordon's Theatre), Elizabeth, New Jersey] / AFD 1919. – Vintage Poster
![[Liberty Theatre (Gordon's Hippodrome; Gordon's Theatre), Elizabeth, New Jersey] / AFD 1919., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d0/d09e6e1e597e-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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A window into the past: [Liberty Theatre (Gordon's Hippodrome; Gordon's Theatre), Elizabeth, New Jersey] / AFD 1919., preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Liberty Theatre (Gordon's Hippodrome; Gordon's Theatre), Elizabeth, New Jersey] / AFD 1919.
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Few pictures in the collection show a single building as plainly as this 1919 ink drawing of the Liberty theater in Elizabeth, New Jersey, which also went by Gordon's Hippodrome and Gordon's theater. The changing names suggest the shifting entertainment market of the 1910s, when vaudeville houses and legitimate theaters were being rebuilt or reused to show motion pictures. Architectural drawings from this period record how seating, stages, and entrances were arranged, which shaped how audiences moved through these halls. The fine ink lines are worth studying for the planning details they preserve from a time when many American towns were adding their own picture houses.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1919 |
| Subjects | Theaters--New Jersey--Elizabeth--1910-1920. Motion picture theaters--New Jersey--Elizabeth--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,186 × 3,342 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210490 |
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