[Read's Theatre (Proctor's Theatre), W. Front St. near Park Ave., Plainfield, New Jersey] – Historic Poster Reproduction
![[Read's Theatre (Proctor's Theatre), W. Front St. near Park Ave., Plainfield, New Jersey], And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ec/ec1dca7a23db-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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Step back in time with [Read's Theatre (Proctor's Theatre), W. Front St. near Park Ave., Plainfield, New Jersey], a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Read's Theatre (Proctor's Theatre), W. Front St. near Park Ave., Plainfield, New Jersey]
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Read's theater, on West Front Street near Park Avenue in Plainfield, New Jersey, survives here as an ink drawing rather than a photograph, so the building's frontage is recorded as a measured design. The drawing dates from about 1925, when movie houses were becoming central to small-city life and many new theaters were built to look like grand civic buildings. Plainfield, a commuter town in Union County, was one of several New Jersey communities that built such venues during the silent film era. The drawing is held by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division within its architectural and engineering collection.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | [ca. 1925] |
| Subjects | Theaters--New Jersey--Plainfield--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--New Jersey--Plainfield--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,302 × 4,115 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210636 |
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