[Roosevelt Theatre, State St. near Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
![[Roosevelt Theatre, State St. near Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926., And Engineering (ADE) Drawings — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ff/ff51019ae633-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: [Roosevelt Theatre, State St. near Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926., preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Roosevelt Theatre, State St. near Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois] / AFD 1926.
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The Roosevelt theater, shown in this 1926 ink drawing, stood on State Street near Randolph, one of the busiest blocks in Chicago's Loop. The name likely honors Theodore Roosevelt, who had died only seven years earlier, though the record does not say so. During the 1920s the Loop filled with movie houses and vaudeville palaces, and State Street became their showcase, so drawings like this one capture a period of rapid change in the city's entertainment district. The sheet belongs to the Library of Congress's Architecture, Design and Engineering drawings, which preserve such plans for researchers.
| Created / published | And Engineering (ADE) Drawings |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink on paper. |
| Genre | 1926 |
| Subjects | Theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Motion picture theaters--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,103 × 3,276 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-210613 |
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