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[Shubert's Detroit Opera House, Campus Martins, Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1929. – Antique Poster Print

[Shubert's Detroit Opera House, Campus Martins, Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1929., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Shubert's Detroit Opera House, Campus Martins, Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1929., 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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This rare vintage poster captures [Shubert's Detroit Opera House, Campus Martins, Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1929. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Shubert's Detroit Opera House, Campus Martins, Detroit, Michigan] / AFD 1929.

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Few American cities had as many theaters in the 1920s as Detroit, and this ink drawing shows the Shubert's Detroit Opera House on Campus Martius, the downtown square where the city's grandest playhouses clustered. The Shuberts were a major theatrical producing family, and their Detroit house hosted touring plays, musicals, and opera. The subject headings also list it among motion picture theaters, a reminder that many of these halls ran films alongside stage productions as the 1920s progressed. Drawings like this one record the building's design and planned layout, which makes them useful for understanding how such theaters were arranged for audiences and performers.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1929
SubjectsTheaters--Michigan--Detroit--1920-1930. Opera houses--Michigan--Detroit--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Michigan--Detroit--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,177 × 3,311 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210475

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