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[New Victoria Theatre, Belmont Ave. and Sheffield Ave., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1935. – Vintage Poster

[New Victoria Theatre, Belmont Ave. and Sheffield Ave., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1935., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[New Victoria Theatre, Belmont Ave. and Sheffield Ave., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1935., 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of [New Victoria Theatre, Belmont Ave. and Sheffield Ave., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1935.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[New Victoria Theatre, Belmont Ave. and Sheffield Ave., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1935.

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This ink drawing records the New Victoria theater at the corner of Belmont and Sheffield avenues on Chicago's North Side, a site that was still a design on paper in 1935. It is part of the Library of Congress's architectural and engineering drawings, and it was likely prepared as a working document to guide construction. The 1930s were a busy period for movie theaters, when neighborhood houses were often built with elaborate facades and interiors to draw crowds. Drawings like this let historians compare what architects planned with what was finally built.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1935
SubjectsTheaters--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,067 × 3,307 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210616

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