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[Theaters, Washington, D.C. Poli's Theatre, Pennsylvania Ave. and 15th St. NW. Elevation] / AFD 1919. – Vintage Poster Wall Art

[Theaters, Washington, D.C. Poli's Theatre, Pennsylvania Ave. and 15th St. NW. Elevation] / AFD 1919., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Theaters, Washington, D.C. Poli's Theatre, Pennsylvania Ave. and 15th St. NW. Elevation] / AFD 1919., 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 [Theaters, Washington, D.C. Poli's Theatre, Pennsylvania Ave. and 15th St. NW. Elevation] / AFD 1919. 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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[Theaters, Washington, D.C. Poli's Theatre, Pennsylvania Ave. and 15th St. NW. Elevation] / AFD 1919.

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Unlike the other theater drawings on this board, this one shows the street face of Poli's theater at Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street NW in Washington, D.C., drawn as a flat elevation rather than a perspective view. Poli's was part of a vaudeville and early motion picture circuit built by Sylvester Z. Poli, whose houses ran through New England and the Mid-Atlantic states. The 1919 date places the drawing in the years when downtown Washington theaters were being updated for growing crowds. Its ink-on-paper lines show the facade's proportions and ornament as the architects intended them.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1919
SubjectsTheaters--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,075 × 3,298 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210737

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