[Gaiety Theatre (Burlesque), Penn Ave. near Spruce St., Academy Theatre, Wyoming Ave. near Linden St., and Capitol Theatre, Penn Ave. near Spruce St., Scranton, Pennsylvania] – Historic Poster Reproduction
![[Gaiety Theatre (Burlesque), Penn Ave. near Spruce St., Academy Theatre, Wyoming Ave. near Linden St., and Capitol Theatre, Penn Ave. near Spruce St., Scranton, Pennsylvania], And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ea/ea5ba18d4db4-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 vintage poster of [Gaiety Theatre (Burlesque), Penn Ave. near Spruce St., Academy Theatre, Wyoming Ave. near Linden St., and Capitol Theatre, Penn Ave. near Spruce St., Scranton, Pennsylvania] brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Gaiety Theatre (Burlesque), Penn Ave. near Spruce St., Academy Theatre, Wyoming Ave. near Linden St., and Capitol Theatre, Penn Ave. near Spruce St., Scranton, Pennsylvania]
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One sheet here brings together three downtown houses: the Gaiety, a burlesque theater on Penn Avenue near Spruce Street; the Academy on Wyoming Avenue near Linden Street; and the Capitol, also on Penn Avenue near Spruce. Drawn in ink on paper around 1930, it belongs to the Library of Congress's Architectural and Engineering drawings, which document building plans and facades rather than street life. Scranton's theater blocks in the 1920s and 1930s mixed burlesque, vaudeville and new movie houses, so the sheet records a downtown where live performance and film competed for the same crowds.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | [ca. 1930] |
| Subjects | Theaters--Pennsylvania--Scranton--1920-1940. Motion picture theaters--Pennsylvania--Scranton--1920-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,128 × 3,338 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210520 |
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