[St. Louis Theatre, Grand Blvd. and Morgan St., St. Louis, Missouri] / AFD 1939. – Historic Poster Reproduction
![[St. Louis Theatre, Grand Blvd. and Morgan St., St. Louis, Missouri] / AFD 1939., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d3/d3dfd8465a40-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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This rare vintage poster captures [St. Louis Theatre, Grand Blvd. and Morgan St., St. Louis, Missouri] / AFD 1939. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[St. Louis Theatre, Grand Blvd. and Morgan St., St. Louis, Missouri] / AFD 1939.
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This ink drawing shows the St. Louis theater at the corner of Grand Boulevard and Morgan Street, a major movie house in the city's Grand Center district. Theaters like this one were built in the 1920s as lavish "movie palaces," designed to make a night at the pictures feel like an occasion. The drawing dates from 1939, when many American cinemas were still drawing crowds through the Depression. It belongs to the Library of Congress's architecture, design and engineering holdings, so its fine linework records the building's layout and street-facing design as a working document of its period.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1939 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Missouri--St. Louis--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Missouri--St. Louis--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,093 × 3,364 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210464 |
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