[Stanley Theatre, Journal Square, Jersey City, New Jersey] / AFD 1928. – Antique Poster Print
![[Stanley Theatre, Journal Square, Jersey City, New Jersey] / AFD 1928., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fa/fadaac04c878-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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A window into the past: [Stanley Theatre, Journal Square, Jersey City, New Jersey] / AFD 1928., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Stanley Theatre, Journal Square, Jersey City, New Jersey] / AFD 1928.
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The Stanley theater at Journal Square in Jersey City was built at a busy crossroads of trolley and rail lines, which made the site a natural home for a large public entertainment house. This 1928 ink drawing shows the building at the planning stage, when architects settled the layouts and details that builders would later follow. The Stanley was one of many theaters run by the Stanley Company of America, which in the late 1920s was filling cities with lavish movie palaces as moviegoing boomed and sound film arrived. Architectural drawings like this one, preserved in the Library of Congress's collection, show how such buildings were conceived before any construction began.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1928 |
| Subjects | Theaters--New Jersey--Jersey City--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--New Jersey--Jersey City--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,142 × 3,321 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210545 |
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