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[Strand Theatre, Main St. near Swan St., Buffalo, New York] – Historic Poster Reproduction

[Strand Theatre, Main St. near Swan St., Buffalo, New York], And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Strand Theatre, Main St. near Swan St., Buffalo, New York], 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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Step back in time with [Strand Theatre, Main St. near Swan St., Buffalo, New York], a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Strand Theatre, Main St. near Swan St., Buffalo, New York]

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The Strand theater stood on Main Street near Swan Street in Buffalo, New York, and this ink drawing records it as a working piece of architecture rather than a snapshot of a crowd or a marquee. The record dates it to about 1925, a decade when movie palaces were spreading through American cities and theater design was becoming a showcase for architects and their clients. Buffalo's downtown theaters of the 1920s were built to draw large audiences for both films and live performance, and drawings like this one document the building's intended form, from its street front to its interior arrangement. The Library of Congress holds it in the Prints and Photographs Division, where it is catalogued with other architectural drawings of Buffalo theaters from the same decade.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre[ca. 1925]
SubjectsTheaters--New York (State)--Buffalo--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--New York (State)--Buffalo--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,311 × 4,102 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210510

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