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[Entrances of moving picture theaters, (Chicago?), no. 12, facade]

[Entrances of moving picture theaters, (Chicago?), no. 12, facade]

Halftone reproduction of photograph. Copyright by Decorators' Supply Co. Public domain photograph of movie theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Morris Levine, 212 Park Street. 11 years old and sells papers every day--been selling five years. Makes 50 cents Sundays and 30 cents other days.  Location: Burlington, Vermont / Lewis W. Hine.

Morris Levine, 212 Park Street. 11 years old and sells papers every da...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Under four flags / from group by Martiny.

Under four flags / from group by Martiny.

Movie poster showing four soldiers, one from each allied country. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

See real warfare - "over there" cantonment - made possible by blood-not money 5th Regiment Armory, Baltimore - tickets for sale here / / Lloyd Harrison ; H Gamse & Bro. Litho. Balto. Md.

See real warfare - "over there" cantonment - made possible by blood-no...

Poster showing a tank climbing across a trench. Opens March 30th, moving pictures, music, world's greatest orators.

First love, Head and Shoulders Portrait

First love, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Motion picture poster for "First love" shows a head-and-shoulder portrait of Deanna Durbin and in the background a scene from the movie of her attending a fancy dress ball.

Children in front of movie theatre, Alpine, Texas

Children in front of movie theatre, Alpine, Texas

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

This movie tent opened with great expectations but closed down three days later for lack of attendance. At Kymulga, near Childersburg, Alabama. Kymulga is the closest village to the powder plant

This movie tent opened with great expectations but closed down three d...

Public domain photograph of Alabama in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Sergeant George Camblair taking his girlfriend to the movies while he is at home on a weekend furlough

Washington, D.C. Sergeant George Camblair taking his girlfriend to the...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. View across plaza of the shopping center showing the moving picture house. All stores including the movie house are run on a cooperative basis

Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. View across plaza of the...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Texas Theatre, which closed in 1983 in San Angelo, the seat of Tom Green County, Texas

The Texas Theatre, which closed in 1983 in San Angelo, the seat of Tom...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Opened on Thanksgiving Day, 1929 the theater's equipment made San Angelo one of the first cities in the nation to play motion picture... More

The Texas Theater in little Bronte, a town in Coke County, Texas, west of Abilene

The Texas Theater in little Bronte, a town in Coke County, Texas, west...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

An abandoned movie theater in Sierra Blanca, made a virtual ghost town when the interstate highway bypassed it in Hudspeth County, Texas

An abandoned movie theater in Sierra Blanca, made a virtual ghost town...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Van Nuys Drive-In Theater, Roscoe Boulevard, Van Nuys, California (LOC)

Van Nuys Drive-In Theater, Roscoe Boulevard, Van Nuys, California (LOC...

Margolies, John,, photographer...Van Nuys Drive-In Theater, Roscoe Boulevard, Van Nuys, California..1981...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keywords based on in... More

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Alabama Theatre, designed by Chicago architects Graven & Mayger, was erected in 1927 by Paramount's Publix Theatre chain as its flagship theatre for the southeastern region of the United State... More

Lyman H. Howe's new marvels in moving pictures / Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y.

Lyman H. Howe's new marvels in moving pictures / Courier Litho. Co., B...

Print shows people watching a motion picture in a theater of an infantry attack during the Spanish-American War; includes insert of head-and-shoulders portrait of Lyman H. Howe in upper left corner. Copyright ... More

Glen White in Gem's great instructive play, Absinthe--Reflective moments / Metropolitan Division, U.S. Lithograph Company.

Glen White in Gem's great instructive play, Absinthe--Reflective momen...

Motion picture poster for "Absinthe" shows a man seated, with hand on head, at table with three glasses of absinthe. Universal films trademark in lower left corner.

Poster - Saturday night, Movie Poster - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Saturday night, Movie Poster - Public domain lithograph

Motion picture poster for the film "Saturday Night" shows a flirtatious young woman and an older man seated at a restaurant or nightclub table. Behind the young woman stands a worried looking young man wearing a fez(?).

George Kleine presents, The Last Days of Pompeii, a spectacular photo-drama / The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y.

George Kleine presents, The Last Days of Pompeii, a spectacular photo-...

Motion picture poster for "The Last Days of Pompeii" shows erupting volcano.

Films changed / D'Artois & Cie., Motion Picture Theaters

Films changed / D'Artois & Cie., Motion Picture Theaters

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design. "No. A 14." Copyright claimant: The Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Title ... More

Love's stratagem, Movie Poster - Art nouveau public domain poster

Love's stratagem, Movie Poster - Art nouveau public domain poster

Motion picture poster for "Love's Stratagem" showing three scenes from the movie set against an art nouveau design. IMP - Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America, 111 E. 14th St. New York City. No. 1. Purch... More

Quo Vadis, Movie Poster - Public domain movie poster

Quo Vadis, Movie Poster - Public domain movie poster

Motion picture poster for "Quo Vadis" shows city on fire and burned out ruins. Copyright 1913 by George Klein. No. 16638. George Klein presents / the Cines photo drama as produced at the Astor Theatre, New York.

Garrison's finish, winning life's handicap a race track drama in three reels.

Garrison's finish, winning life's handicap a race track drama in three...

Motion picture poster for "Garrison's Finish" shows a man facing a jockey, both with their fists clinched. In the background is a horse race.

Ships for Uncle Sam--Official United States war film / Ioseph Pennell del. ; Ketterlinus Philada. Imp.

Ships for Uncle Sam--Official United States war film / Ioseph Pennell ...

Poster illustrated with a Joseph Pennell drawing of a shipyard. Produced by Signal Corps, U.S.A. and Committee on Public Information. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

The birth of a nation, Movie Poster

The birth of a nation, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "The birth of a nation" shows title of film inside large red circle; in background a silouhette of soldiers marching carrying flags. Caption: D. W. Griffith's most famous picture of a... More

Movie theatre, Washington, D.C.

Movie theatre, Washington, D.C.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Waiting for the movie to open, Sunday afternoon, Pharr, Texas

Waiting for the movie to open, Sunday afternoon, Pharr, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Waiting for the movie to open, Sunday afternoon, Pharr, Texas

Waiting for the movie to open, Sunday afternoon, Pharr, Texas

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shoveling snow away from the movie entrance, Chillicothe, Ohio

Shoveling snow away from the movie entrance, Chillicothe, Ohio

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Hyart Theater in Lovell, Wyoming

The Hyart Theater in Lovell, Wyoming

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The movie theater was built in 1950 by Hyrum "Hy" Bischoff, who was part of a Mormon group sent from Fountain Green, Utah, to settle i... More

Movie theater in Washington, D.C.'s, Union Station

Movie theater in Washington, D.C.'s, Union Station

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken in the 1980s. Title, date, subject not... More

Downtown block that includes the Robey Theatre in Spencer, West Virginia

Downtown block that includes the Robey Theatre in Spencer, West Virgin...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The movie theater was built in 1911 and extensively remodeled in 1926. The front facade features a large central entrance bay, with a ... More

Marquee of the Lynn Theatre, which opened in 1947 in Gonzales, Texas

Marquee of the Lynn Theatre, which opened in 1947 in Gonzales, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

The long-empty (as of 2014) Forest Theatre, once a community institution in a low-income neighborhood of Dallas, Texas The Forest Theatre opened in 1947, with 1,400 seats

The long-empty (as of 2014) Forest Theatre, once a community instituti...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws presents Marijuana, weed from the Devil's garden!

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws presents Ma...

Poster for motion picture Reefer madness, with scenes from the film.

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws presents Marijuana, weed from the Devil's garden!

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws presents Ma...

Poster for motion picture Reefer madness, with scenes from the film.

Lyman H. Howe's high class moving pictures - new magic pictures / Courier Co. litho., Buffalo, N.Y.

Lyman H. Howe's high class moving pictures - new magic pictures / Cour...

Motion picture poster for "Lyman H. Howe's high class moving pictures - new magic pictures" shows people watching motion picture in theater, includes insert of head-and-shoulders portrait of Lyman H. Howe. Cop... More

Have a date with us Free to you and your friends, motion pictures, concert music, exhibit talks, guided tours : American Museum of Natural History / / Tyte...[?].

Have a date with us Free to you and your friends, motion pictures, con...

Poster announcing opportunity for the public to attend free programs, such as movies, concerts, exhibits, and tours, at the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West and 79 St., New York City, showi... More

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Alabama Theatre, designed by Chicago architects Graven & Mayger, was erected in 1927 by Paramount's Publix Theatre chain as its flagship theatre for the southeastern region of the United State... More

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Alabama Theatre, designed by Chicago architects Graven & Mayger, was erected in 1927 by Paramount's Publix Theatre chain as its flagship theatre for the southeastern region of the United State... More

An Unselfish love, Movie Poster

An Unselfish love, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "An Unselfish Love" shows a man and a woman on a farm standing by a hog pen. An Edison film. No. 5851.

"The Bull-dogger" / Ritchey Lith. Corp.

"The Bull-dogger" / Ritchey Lith. Corp.

Motion picture poster for "The bull-dogger" shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of African American cowboy, Bill Pickett, wearing a cowboy hat and with one arm raised as though he were leaning against something... More

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Takoma, Washington. Old movie theatre, Motion Picture Theaters

Takoma, Washington. Old movie theatre, Motion Picture Theaters

Photograph shows four men standing at the entrance of movie theater; signage in background "Edison's moving pictures, Entertainment for ladies and children"; man on far right points to sign "Moving pictures - A... More

[Entrances of moving picture theaters, (Chicago?), no. 6, Lyceum Theatre]

[Entrances of moving picture theaters, (Chicago?), no. 6, Lyceum Theat...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Quo Vadis Vinitius makes love to Lygia.

Quo Vadis Vinitius makes love to Lygia.

Motion picture poster for "Quo Vadis" shows Vinitius and Lygia sitting on a bed of pillows; Vinitius, holds a goblet of wine as he looks at Lygia; party goers in the background.

Selig presents hearts and masks Galloping Dick's waterloo, a sensational society drama taken from the famous novel by Harold MacGrath.

Selig presents hearts and masks Galloping Dick's waterloo, a sensation...

Motion picture poster for "Hearts and Masks" shows a man and woman in costumes, each holding a ten of hearts playing card. "A drama in three reels." Featuring Kathlyn Williams

The man-hater How the biter was bitten.

The man-hater How the biter was bitten.

Motion picture poster for "The Man-Hater" shows a woman helped off of a train by a conductor. She carries large bundles and two bird cages containing a cat and a parrot. "A farce comedy by James Oliver Curwood."

Coming Robert Warwick and Doris Kenyon in "A girl's folly" / KD.

Coming Robert Warwick and Doris Kenyon in "A girl's folly" / KD.

Motion picture poster for "A Girl's Folly" showing a partially draped woman lying at the base of a large mask (tragedy?) which appears to be lamenting the girl's folly. Copyright by World Film Corp'n.

Poster - Footfalls, Movie Poster - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Footfalls, Movie Poster - Public domain lithograph

Motion picture poster for "Footfalls" shows six pairs of feet walking down the side of the main title with the silhouette of a man in the background; bottom image shows view of a city. No. 23234. Purchase; (DL... More

[Inset billboard at corner of Trans-lux Theatre, 58th St., and Madison Ave., New York City]

[Inset billboard at corner of Trans-lux Theatre, 58th St., and Madison...

J0 8761 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Trans-Lux Movies Corporation, New York City.

Movie theatre on Saint Charles Street. Liberty Theater, New Orleans, Louisiana

Movie theatre on Saint Charles Street. Liberty Theater, New Orleans, L...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Schoolchildren waiting in line to go to the movies, San Augustine, Texas

Schoolchildren waiting in line to go to the movies, San Augustine, Tex...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a gas station, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a gas station, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Ph...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

The movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

Photo shows Regal Theater and Savoy Ballroom in the Southside neighborhood.

A black and white photo of a theater at night. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a theater at night. Office of War Informati...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Washington, D.C. Sergeant George Camblair taking his girlfriend to the movies while he is at home on a weekend furlough

Washington, D.C. Sergeant George Camblair taking his girlfriend to the...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Kanawha Theater in Buckhannon, West Virginia, was open until the mid 1970s. It was closed for a time and then converted to a bar

The Kanawha Theater in Buckhannon, West Virginia, was open until the m...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Marquee of, and entrance to, the Majestic Theatre in Dallas, Texas

Marquee of, and entrance to, the Majestic Theatre in Dallas, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. A performing arts theater in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, it is the last remnant of Theater Row, the city's historic ... More

The long-closed (as of 2014) Texas Theatre in McGregor, Texas

The long-closed (as of 2014) Texas Theatre in McGregor, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The old Granada movie theater in downtown Alpine, Texas, was converted into a music and performance hall and a site for community events

The old Granada movie theater in downtown Alpine, Texas, was converted...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Lyman H. Howe's high class moving pictures - new magic pictures / Courier Co. litho., Buffalo, N.Y.

Lyman H. Howe's high class moving pictures - new magic pictures / Cour...

Motion picture poster for "Lyman H. Howe's high class moving pictures - new magic pictures" shows people watching motion picture in theater, includes insert of head-and-shoulders portrait of Lyman H. Howe. Cop... More

Elliot & Sherman Film Corp. ... present D.W. Griffith's 8th wonder of the world The Birth of a Nation ...

Elliot & Sherman Film Corp. ... present D.W. Griffith's 8th wonder of ...

Motion picture poster for "The birth of a nation" shows title of film inside large red circle.

Where the boys spend their money.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Where the boys spend their money. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Uncle Tom's Cabin featuring Irving Cummings

Uncle Tom's Cabin featuring Irving Cummings

Motion picture poster for "Uncle Tom's cabin" shows an old white woman waving finger at an African American child with a book.

The Rustler's reformation, Movie Poster

The Rustler's reformation, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "The rustler's reformation" shows cowboy with arm around woman. Copyright 1913 by Selig Polyscope Co. A Selig western drama.

La veuve du marin / Faria., Movie Poster

La veuve du marin / Faria., Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for a silent movie showing a widow with children standing by the sea observing a shipwreck as another woman prays before a crucifixion statue of Jesus Christ. Transfer; LC MBRS; 2001; (DL... More

Nazimova in Oscar Wilde's "Salomé" / direction by Charles Bryant.

Nazimova in Oscar Wilde's "Salomé" / direction by Charles Bryant.

Motion picture poster for "Salomé" shows the moon, with a head-and-shoulders image of a woman, passing through the clouds.

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Selig presents Mike's Brainstorm An exceptional wild animal comedy.

Selig presents Mike's Brainstorm An exceptional wild animal comedy.

Motion picture poster for "Mike's Brainstorm" shows an elephant about to step on a man lying on the ground in front of the Metropole Hotel & Bar.

Don't forget your umbrella or other parcels

Don't forget your umbrella or other parcels

Photo shows a woman holding an umbrella while crossing a wet street. Positive paper print from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Each text superimposed on humorous photograph, and t... More

Kalem presents the chest of fortune complete in two parts The explanation and reconciliation.

Kalem presents the chest of fortune complete in two parts The explanat...

Motion picture poster for "The Chest of Fortune" shows a reproduction of a photographic still from the movie.

Why the sheriff is a bachelor The fragile reward of duty.

Why the sheriff is a bachelor The fragile reward of duty.

Motion picture poster for "Why the Sheriff is a Bachelor" shows a sheriff (Tom Mix) handcuffed to a man who is being embraced by a woman. "Selig western drama."

Garrison's finish, Movie Poster

Garrison's finish, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "Garrison's finish" shows three men; two together with one smoking a cigar and holding a small bottle in his hand as the other stares him; in the background is a groomer with a horse; ... More

Im italienischen Kampfgebiet zwischen Brenta u. Piave: Neuester Film / HRE.

Im italienischen Kampfgebiet zwischen Brenta u. Piave: Neuester Film /...

Poster advertises latest war film "On the Italian Battlefield between Brenta and Piave." Film title is written over a coat of arms. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

The Cheat, Movie Poster - A poster for a movie starring a man in a tuxedo

The Cheat, Movie Poster - A poster for a movie starring a man in a tux...

Motion picture poster for "The Cheat" shows Pola Negri, wearing fur coat and jewels being grabbed by Charles de Roche, dressed as an Indian prince. Container list: Movie posters. Purchase; Glynn Mc Gavock; 200... More

Saturday morning movie crowd, North Platte, Nebraska

Saturday morning movie crowd, North Platte, Nebraska

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

The movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

Photo shows Regal Theater and Savoy Ballroom in the Southside neighborhood.

Children at a movie house on Sunday, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Children at a movie house on Sunday, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Waiting to get into Radio City movie theater

New York, New York. Waiting to get into Radio City movie theater

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Midshipmen leaving a movie theater in Annapolis

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Midshipmen leaving a movie th...

Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gibson, Indiana. The railroad YMAC (Young Men's Christian Association) has regular movie showings every two weeks attended by the railroad workers of the vicinity

Gibson, Indiana. The railroad YMAC (Young Men's Christian Association)...

Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blue Island, Illinois. After a movie, the Senise family drops in at a lunch counter for hamburgers

Blue Island, Illinois. After a movie, the Senise family drops in at a ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

RKO theatre candy stand, New York City. Stand II, view II

RKO theatre candy stand, New York City. Stand II, view II

Public domain photograph of the 1940s-1950s New York City interiors, commerce, advertising, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The 1939 Crim Theater in Kilgore, Texas, once the flagship of a chain of movie theaters, was abandoned in the 1950s during the ascendancy of television and devolved into a glorified storage facility. Preservationists saved the building, and it has since been used for special events, including Halloween hauntings

The 1939 Crim Theater in Kilgore, Texas, once the flagship of a chain ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Marquee of the Texas Theatre, which closed in 1983 in San Angelo, the seat of Tom Green County, Texas

Marquee of the Texas Theatre, which closed in 1983 in San Angelo, the ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Opened on Thanksgiving Day, 1929 the theater's equipment made San Angelo one of the first cities in the nation to play motion picture... More

The Texas Theater in Waxahachie, Texas, a Dallas suburb

The Texas Theater in Waxahachie, Texas, a Dallas suburb

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Constructed in 1895 as the Dixie vaudeville theater, it was converted to a movie theater in 1920 and served as such until the late 19... More

[Kress Cinemas, Hilo, Hawaii] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Kress Cinemas, Hilo, Hawaii] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Arc... More

Sheffield is home to the Ritz Theater, a 1920's silent movie house that has been restored to its original grandeur

Sheffield is home to the Ritz Theater, a 1920's silent movie house tha...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

[Ritz Theatre, Greenville, Alabama]

[Ritz Theatre, Greenville, Alabama]

Built in 1935, Greenville's first genuine "movie palace" was the brainchild of local attorney Calvin Poole. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lande... More

The Regent Showcase theater, an art deco former movie house on La Brea Avenue in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California

The Regent Showcase theater, an art deco former movie house on La Brea...

Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First known as the Teatro La Paz (Peace Theatre), this cultural-arts center in Mission, Texas, is a fixture in the Hispanic community of the Rio Grande Valley

First known as the Teatro La Paz (Peace Theatre), this cultural-arts c...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Charlie Chaplin in the vagabond / Greenwich Litho. Co. N.Y.

Charlie Chaplin in the vagabond / Greenwich Litho. Co. N.Y.

Motion picture poster for "The Vagabond" starring Charlie Chaplin, showing him playing a fiddle for a woman washing clothes in a washtub. "Mutual Chaplin Specials." Copyright 1916 by Lone Star Corporation. Pur... More

Ada Theatre, 700 Main Street, Boise, Ada County, ID

Ada Theatre, 700 Main Street, Boise, Ada County, ID

Significance: Still used as originally planned, this neo-Egyptian Revival Style building, unique to Idaho, is the only survivor of the movie palace and grand cinema era in Boise. The theater was designed by Tou... More

Wolgast-Nelson Fight Pictures : Wonderful moving pictures of the greatest battle in the history of pugilism.

Wolgast-Nelson Fight Pictures : Wonderful moving pictures of the great...

Motion picture poster for "Wolgast-Nelson Fight Pictures" shows two boxers, Bat Nelson and Ad Wolgast, fighting in ring. Printed by Riverside Printing Co., Milwaukee. "5129" and "#1227".

Edison's greatest marvel--The Vitascope, Motion Picture Theaters

Edison's greatest marvel--The Vitascope, Motion Picture Theaters

Motion picture poster for "Edison's greatest marvel--The Vitascope" show movie audience watching large screen with woman dancing on screen and others in background watching. 29057B U.S. Copyright Office. Copyr... More

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Alabama Theatre, designed by Chicago architects Graven & Mayger, was erected in 1927 by Paramount's Publix Theatre chain as its flagship theatre for the southeastern region of the United State... More

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Alabama Theatre, designed by Chicago architects Graven & Mayger, was erected in 1927 by Paramount's Publix Theatre chain as its flagship theatre for the southeastern region of the United State... More

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Alabama Theatre, designed by Chicago architects Graven & Mayger, was erected in 1927 by Paramount's Publix Theatre chain as its flagship theatre for the southeastern region of the United State... More

[Metropolis] / Klebrand., Movie Poster

[Metropolis] / Klebrand., Movie Poster

Poster for Fritz Lang's film "Metropolis" shows the character Maria in Rotwang's transformation machine. Exchange ; Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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