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[McVicker's Theatre, W. Madison St. between State St. and Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926. – Historic Poster Reproduction

[McVicker's Theatre, W. Madison St. between State St. and Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[McVicker's Theatre, W. Madison St. between State St. and Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926., 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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[McVicker's Theatre, W. Madison St. between State St. and Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[McVicker's Theatre, W. Madison St. between State St. and Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926.

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Few blocks in the Loop were as tied to live entertainment as West Madison Street, and this 1926 ink drawing records McVicker's theater on the stretch between State and Dearborn streets. The house took its name from James H. McVicker, an actor and manager who ran it for years. By the 1920s, downtown theaters like it were adapting to motion pictures, and drawings of this kind document the building's form at that moment of change.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1926
SubjectsTheaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,128 × 3,342 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210434

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