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[Palace Theatre, National Theatre, and Columbia Theatre, all on Monroe St., Detroit, Michigan] / AFD. – Vintage Poster Wall Art

[Palace Theatre, National Theatre, and Columbia Theatre, all on Monroe St., Detroit, Michigan] / AFD., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[Palace Theatre, National Theatre, and Columbia Theatre, all on Monroe St., Detroit, Michigan] / AFD., 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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[Palace Theatre, National Theatre, and Columbia Theatre, all on Monroe St., Detroit, Michigan] / AFD.

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Three movie houses share one sheet in this ink drawing: the Palace, the National, and the Columbia, all on Monroe Street in Detroit. Drawn around 1930, it belongs to the Library of Congress's architecture, design and engineering drawings, so it was probably meant as a practical record of the buildings rather than an artistic view. Detroit's downtown saw a wave of theater construction in the 1920s as movies drew large crowds, and placing three neighboring houses together shows how closely they competed for the same audience. The street-level arrangement and facades are worth studying for clues to how the district looked at the time.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre[ca. 1930]
SubjectsTheaters--Michigan--Detroit--1920-1940. Motion picture theaters--Michigan--Detroit--1920-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,329 × 4,102 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210480

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