[Liberty Theatre (Academy Burlesque Theatre), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1937. – Historic Poster Reproduction
![[Liberty Theatre (Academy Burlesque Theatre), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1937., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fc/fc4dd80e07f1-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 [Liberty Theatre (Academy Burlesque Theatre), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1937., a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Liberty Theatre (Academy Burlesque Theatre), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] / AFD 1937.
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Few pictures of this building carry both its names, the Liberty theater and the Academy Burlesque theater, and this 1937 ink drawing records the Pittsburgh house under the two titles. Drawings of this kind were typically made to document a building's design, so the lines show a plan or elevation rather than a finished view. Pittsburgh's theaters of the 1930s were part of a broad boom in movie houses and live entertainment, and a building that changed its name and its fare often mirrored shifting public tastes.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1937 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,103 × 3,289 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210526 |
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