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Palace Theatre, New York City – Antique Wall Art

Palace Theatre, New York City, c1920. — historic photograph
Palace Theatre, New York City, c1920.. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Palace Theatre, New York City. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Palace Theatre, New York City

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The Palace stood on Broadway at West 47th Street, a house that opened in 1913 under Martin Beck and soon became the most prestigious stop on the vaudeville circuit, where performers counted a booking there as proof they had arrived. This c1920 photoprint from the American Studio series captures the theater during the years when that reputation was at its height. Its caption card files the view under theaters and city geography, a reminder of how the Times Square district grew up around houses like this one. The record's details are unverified, so treat the date as approximate.

Created / publishedc1920.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint copyrighted by American Studio. No. 500. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Theaters.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,231 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-151896

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