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[Stairway and lobby in the Capitol Theatre, 1405 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.] – Antique Photo Print

[Stairway and lobby in the Capitol Theatre, 1405 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.], [between 1900 and 1940] — historic photograph
[Stairway and lobby in the Capitol Theatre, 1405 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.], [between 1900 and 1940]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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Inside the Capitol theater at 1405 F Street Northwest, a staircase rises past the lobby in a view that shows how much attention downtown Washington theaters paid to their entrances. The photograph, credited to a photographer named Schutz and numbered G-1862, dates from sometime between 1900 and 1940, a period when movie houses and vaudeville stages were turning the city's central business district into an entertainment corridor. Lobbies like this one were meant to make a visit feel like an occasion, with stairs, ornament, and open space drawing patrons in before the show began. Looking closely at the stairway reveals the materials and proportions that made such interiors memorable.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1940]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1940.
NotesPhoto by Schutz, no. G-1862.
SubjectsLobbies--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1940. Stairways--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1940. Theaters--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,153 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165752

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