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[National Theatre, 5th St. and Walnut St., Louisville, Kentucky] / AFD 1934. – Vintage Poster Wall Art

[National Theatre, 5th St. and Walnut St., Louisville, Kentucky] / AFD 1934., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster
[National Theatre, 5th St. and Walnut St., Louisville, Kentucky] / AFD 1934., 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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[National Theatre, 5th St. and Walnut St., Louisville, Kentucky] / AFD 1934.

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Few other drawings on this board show a specific Louisville building, and this one records the National theater at the corner of Fifth and Walnut streets. The 1934 ink drawing belongs to the Library of Congress's architectural and engineering holdings, so it reads as a working document rather than an artist's view. Its catalog subjects describe the building as both a legitimate theater and a motion picture house, a common combination in the 1930s, when many downtown American theaters presented live performances alongside films. Drawings like this one show the plan, massing, and detailing that architects and builders used to construct or alter such venues.

Created / publishedAnd Engineering (ADE) Drawings
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
Genre1934
SubjectsTheaters--Kentucky--Louisville--1930-1940. Motion picture theaters--Kentucky--Louisville--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,124 × 3,298 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210741

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