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Thalia Hall, 1215-1225 West Eighteenth Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Thalia Hall, 1215-1225 West Eighteenth Street, Chicago, Cook County, I...

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In 1892, John Dusek, an immigrant from Bohemia, began to make plans to develop the corner of 18th St. and Allport St. as a public gathering place, no known as... More

Thalia Hall, 1215-1225 West Eighteenth Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Thalia Hall, 1215-1225 West Eighteenth Street, Chicago, Cook County, I...

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In 1892, John Dusek, an immigrant from Bohemia, began to make plans to develop the corner of 18th St. and Allport St. as a public gathering place, no known as... More

Folies Bergere Theatre, 210 West Forty-sixth Street, New York, New York County, NY

Folies Bergere Theatre, 210 West Forty-sixth Street, New York, New Yor...

Significance: Design by noted theatre architects Herts and Tallant in 1910, the Folies Bergere is among the most impressive of New York City's theatres. Its polychromatic terra cotta facade is unique among the ... More

Lanai Theater, 456 Seventh Street, Lanai City, Maui County, HI

Lanai Theater, 456 Seventh Street, Lanai City, Maui County, HI

Significance: Hawaiian Pineapple Co., Ltd., Lanai Theater at 456 Seventh Street is a theater building located adjacent to Dole Park, around which many of Lanai City's community activities are located. Lanai Ci... More

Fox Theatre, 20 Flatbush Avenue & 1 Nevins Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Fox Theatre, 20 Flatbush Avenue & 1 Nevins Street, Brooklyn, Kings Cou...

Significance: The Fox Theatre in Brooklyn represented the moving picture theatre in its prodigious phase. With a 4,305 seating capacity, the theatre was one of the largest ever built. Stylistically, it exemplif... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Monroe Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Monroe Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Coun...

Significance: This finely scaled Georgian Revival building was one of the original Tome School buildings, used as dining hall and then a gymnasium during Tome School occupancy, later as an officers' club by the... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Monroe Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Monroe Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Coun...

Significance: This finely scaled Georgian Revival building was one of the original Tome School buildings, used as dining hall and then a gymnasium during Tome School occupancy, later as an officers' club by the... More

Oak Park Theatre, 116-120 South Marion Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Oak Park Theatre, 116-120 South Marion Street, Oak Park, Cook County, ...

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

Oak Park Theatre, 116-120 South Marion Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Oak Park Theatre, 116-120 South Marion Street, Oak Park, Cook County, ...

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

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Gymnasium-Cafeteria-Theater, East K Street between Eleventh & Twelfth Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Gymnasium-Cafeteria-Theater, East K Stree...

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

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Theater, Lamont & Veterans Way, Johnson City, Washington County, TN

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Theate...

Survey number: HABS TN-254-J Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Theater, Lamont & Veterans Way, Johnson City, Washington County, TN

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Theate...

Survey number: HABS TN-254-J Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Theater, 312 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

National Theater, 312 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11, FN-12 Survey number: HABS OH-23-7 Building/structure dates: 1837 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1847 Subsequent Work

Anaconda Historic District, Washoe Theater, 305 Main Street, Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, MT

Anaconda Historic District, Washoe Theater, 305 Main Street, Anaconda,...

Significance: Designed by B. Marcus Priteca, Architect, and built by Gus Forseen, Missoula contractor, the Washoe Theater opened to the public on September 24, 1936. Both the Theater's structural architecture ... More

Fulton Theater, 101 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Fulton Theater, 101 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Additional info on LC index card. Significance: Theatre for Richard Hyde Esq., better known as the Fulton Theatre, was designed by architects Dodge and Morrison of New York City and was completed in the year 19... More

Town of Locke, Star Theatre, 13939 River Road, Locke, Sacramento County, CA

Town of Locke, Star Theatre, 13939 River Road, Locke, Sacramento Count...

Significance: This building, which was built as a theater, has also served as a gambling house, brothel and rooming house. The large arched entranceway on the west facade is unique in Locke. Survey number: HA... More

Town of Locke, Star Theatre, 13939 River Road, Locke, Sacramento County, CA

Town of Locke, Star Theatre, 13939 River Road, Locke, Sacramento Count...

Significance: This building, which was built as a theater, has also served as a gambling house, brothel and rooming house. The large arched entranceway on the west facade is unique in Locke. Survey number: HA... More

Loew's & United Artists Ohio Theatre, 39 East State Street, Columbus, Franklin County, OH

Loew's & United Artists Ohio Theatre, 39 East State Street, Columbus, ...

Significance: 1928 Movie Palace by theatre architect Thomas W. Lamb (one of the three major theatre architects of the 1920s) remaining and restored as a performing arts center in 1970s. Survey number: HABS OH-... More

Loew's & United Artists Ohio Theatre, 39 East State Street, Columbus, Franklin County, OH

Loew's & United Artists Ohio Theatre, 39 East State Street, Columbus, ...

Significance: 1928 Movie Palace by theatre architect Thomas W. Lamb (one of the three major theatre architects of the 1920s) remaining and restored as a performing arts center in 1970s. Survey number: HABS OH-... More

Loew's & United Artists Ohio Theatre, 39 East State Street, Columbus, Franklin County, OH

Loew's & United Artists Ohio Theatre, 39 East State Street, Columbus, ...

Significance: 1928 Movie Palace by theatre architect Thomas W. Lamb (one of the three major theatre architects of the 1920s) remaining and restored as a performing arts center in 1970s. Survey number: HABS OH-... More

Loew's & United Artists Ohio Theatre, 39 East State Street, Columbus, Franklin County, OH

Loew's & United Artists Ohio Theatre, 39 East State Street, Columbus, ...

Significance: 1928 Movie Palace by theatre architect Thomas W. Lamb (one of the three major theatre architects of the 1920s) remaining and restored as a performing arts center in 1970s. Survey number: HABS OH-... More

Loew's & United Artists Ohio Theatre, 39 East State Street, Columbus, Franklin County, OH

Loew's & United Artists Ohio Theatre, 39 East State Street, Columbus, ...

Significance: 1928 Movie Palace by theatre architect Thomas W. Lamb (one of the three major theatre architects of the 1920s) remaining and restored as a performing arts center in 1970s. Survey number: HABS OH-... More

Loew's & United Artists Ohio Theatre, 39 East State Street, Columbus, Franklin County, OH

Loew's & United Artists Ohio Theatre, 39 East State Street, Columbus, ...

Significance: 1928 Movie Palace by theatre architect Thomas W. Lamb (one of the three major theatre architects of the 1920s) remaining and restored as a performing arts center in 1970s. Survey number: HABS OH-... More

Loew's & United Artists Ohio Theatre, 39 East State Street, Columbus, Franklin County, OH

Loew's & United Artists Ohio Theatre, 39 East State Street, Columbus, ...

Significance: 1928 Movie Palace by theatre architect Thomas W. Lamb (one of the three major theatre architects of the 1920s) remaining and restored as a performing arts center in 1970s. Survey number: HABS OH-... More

Missouri Theater Building, 713-715 Edmond Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

Missouri Theater Building, 713-715 Edmond Street, Saint Joseph, Buchan...

Significance: Building has regional significance as an example of the sumptuous interiors used in theaters in the 1920s. The building has played a part in St. Joseph's downtown entertainment scene first as a mo... More

Spreckels Building & Theater, 123 Broadway, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Spreckels Building & Theater, 123 Broadway, San Diego, San Diego Count...

Significance: Built just after the San Francisco earthquake, this building was designed by the Los Angeles architect, Harrison Albright to be earthquake and fire proof and provide the ultimate in mechanical equ... More

Thespian Hall, Fifth & Vine Streets, Boonville, Cooper County, MO

Thespian Hall, Fifth & Vine Streets, Boonville, Cooper County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-233 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction

Capitol Theatre, 328-334 North Street, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA

Capitol Theatre, 328-334 North Street, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, M...

Significance: The Capitol Theatre building is a significant component of two period of commercial development in Pittsfield: the late-nineteenth-century shift from residential to commercial development along th... More

Paramount Theatre, Sunrise Avenue & North County Road, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL

Paramount Theatre, Sunrise Avenue & North County Road, Palm Beach, Pal...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an architectural element, dome, cathedral, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Paramount Theatre, Sunrise Avenue & North County Road, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL

Paramount Theatre, Sunrise Avenue & North County Road, Palm Beach, Pal...

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

Paramount Theatre, Sunrise Avenue & North County Road, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL

Paramount Theatre, Sunrise Avenue & North County Road, Palm Beach, Pal...

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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Gymnasium & Theater, Neville Way, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Gymnasium & Theater, Neville Way, Pearl...

Significance: Facility 222, dating from 1918, is among the oldest extant buildings in the Marine Reservation, after the original barracks (Facility 221) and the Officers' Quarters (Facilities 201-203). This bui... More

Wendover Air Force Base, Base Theater, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele County, UT

Wendover Air Force Base, Base Theater, South of Interstate 80, Wendove...

Survey number: HABS UT-125-CD Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction

Patapsco Female Institute, Church Road, Berg Alnwick, Ellicott City, Howard County, MD

Patapsco Female Institute, Church Road, Berg Alnwick, Ellicott City, H...

Significance: A finishing school for young ladies, designed by Baltimore architect Robert Cary Long, Jr. and built by Charles Timanus, was officially opened on the 1st day of January, 1837. The structure exists... More

Majestic Theater, 405 Main Street, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

Majestic Theater, 405 Main Street, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

Survey number: HABS IA-124 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

J. H. Green & Company Building, 202 High Avenue West, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, IA

J. H. Green & Company Building, 202 High Avenue West, Oskaloosa, Mahas...

Significance: The Rivola Theatre is a significant example of an early movie house. The building possesses architectural merit, exemplified by the bracketed tin cornice, tripartite arched windows, pedimented si... More

Pabst Theater, 144 East Wells Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Pabst Theater, 144 East Wells Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Significance: The Milwaukee Landmarks Commission resolution naming the theater a landmark cites it "as an integral part of the city's culture" and for its "important historical and associative values as well as... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Theater, Yorktown Avenue between Wasp & Saipan Streets, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Theater, Yorktown Avenue between Wasp...

Significance: The theater represents a building form which has largely disappeared in Hawaii. It is the best preserved and best designed of the naturally ventilated theater buildings that still exist in the st... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Base Theater, 2420 Florida Keys Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Base Theater, 2420 Florida Keys Avenue, Tampa,...

Significance: The Base Theater, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic character. The build... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Base Theater, 2420 Florida Keys Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Base Theater, 2420 Florida Keys Avenue, Tampa,...

Significance: The Base Theater, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic character. The build... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Base Theater, 2420 Florida Keys Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Base Theater, 2420 Florida Keys Avenue, Tampa,...

Significance: The Base Theater, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic character. The build... More

He was evidently on exhibition - Public domain book illustration

He was evidently on exhibition - Public domain book illustration

Variant title on verso: He was talking to her with studied affectation. (DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Clique of Gold by Emile Gaboriau,... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Wadsworth Theater, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Wadswor...

Survey number: HABS CA-2802-R Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Wadsworth Theater, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Wadswor...

Survey number: HABS CA-2802-R Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: Orchestra Hall resembles the typical theatre of its day, with a restrained and elegant adaptation of Renaissance style that preceded the exuberant eclecticism of the next decade. It was designed ... More

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: Orchestra Hall resembles the typical theatre of its day, with a restrained and elegant adaptation of Renaissance style that preceded the exuberant eclecticism of the next decade. It was designed ... More

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: Orchestra Hall resembles the typical theatre of its day, with a restrained and elegant adaptation of Renaissance style that preceded the exuberant eclecticism of the next decade. It was designed ... More

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Hitchcock Hall, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Southeast, 588-604 Redwood Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Hitchcock Hall, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. A...

For an overview of the Culture and Recreation Buildings, see HABS DC-349-CA Significance: Hitchcock Hall is significant for its association with the daily life of patients and staff on the St. Elizabeths campus... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More

Pontalba Buildings, 1850 House, Jackson Square, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Pontalba Buildings, 1850 House, Jackson Square, New Orleans, Orleans P...

1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N364 Survey number: HABS LA-1259-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000934

Pontalba Buildings, 1850 House, Jackson Square, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Pontalba Buildings, 1850 House, Jackson Square, New Orleans, Orleans P...

1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N364 Survey number: HABS LA-1259-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000934

Pontalba Buildings, 1850 House, Jackson Square, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Pontalba Buildings, 1850 House, Jackson Square, New Orleans, Orleans P...

1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N364 Survey number: HABS LA-1259-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000934

First Theatre in California, Southwest corner of Pacific & Scott Streets, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

First Theatre in California, Southwest corner of Pacific & Scott Stree...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-222 Survey number: HABS CA-131 Building/structure dates: 1844 Initial Construction

First Theatre in California, Southwest corner of Pacific & Scott Streets, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

First Theatre in California, Southwest corner of Pacific & Scott Stree...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-222 Survey number: HABS CA-131 Building/structure dates: 1844 Initial Construction

First Theatre in California, Southwest corner of Pacific & Scott Streets, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

First Theatre in California, Southwest corner of Pacific & Scott Stree...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-222 Survey number: HABS CA-131 Building/structure dates: 1844 Initial Construction

Morosco Theater, 217-225 West Forty-fifth Street, New York, New York County, NY

Morosco Theater, 217-225 West Forty-fifth Street, New York, New York C...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Morosco Theater, 217-225 West Forty-fifth Street, New York, New York County, NY

Morosco Theater, 217-225 West Forty-fifth Street, New York, New York C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a religious building interior, church, cathedral, hall, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ward Memorial Hall, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Wa...

The original drawings transmitted the the Library of Congress in 2010 contained errors and were replaced by corrected drawings in 2013. Significance: Ward Memorial Hall was built in 1881-82 during a period of e... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ward Memorial Hall, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Wa...

The original drawings transmitted the the Library of Congress in 2010 contained errors and were replaced by corrected drawings in 2013. Significance: Ward Memorial Hall was built in 1881-82 during a period of e... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk C...

Significance: The B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre is one of the finest examples of the moving picture palace at its highest stage of development. Designed in the grand Baroque manner by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the ... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Theatrical reflection, or a peep at the looking glass curtain at the Royal Coburg Theatre, British Cartoon Print

Theatrical reflection, or a peep at the looking glass curtain at the R...

Print shows the mirrored curtain reflecting the audience at the Royal Coburg Theatre (Old Vic Theatre) and Ramo Samee, a juggler, magician, and sword swallower, juggling on stage. Forms part of: British Cartoo... More

Palestine. Moabitez Theatre / Dumas.

Palestine. Moabitez Theatre / Dumas.

Rubble and remains of the Moabitez (Moabites?) Theatre, possibly in Jordan. No. 401.

[Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C.]. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

[Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C.]. Washington DC sterescope card, 19t...

Stereograph shows front exterior of Ford's Theater. On mount recto: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Liverpool, New York, Chicago, Toronto, Ottawa, Kas, El Paso Tex. Source unknown; (DLC/PP-1970.025).

A theatre party - Drawing. Public domain image.

A theatre party - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as cover of: Harper's bazaar, 21:409 (June 23, 1888).

[Chicago, Ill., Illinois Theatre]

[Chicago, Ill., Illinois Theatre]

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

The Windmill, Hammerstein's Paradise Gardens, New York

The Windmill, Hammerstein's Paradise Gardens, New York

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Gem Theatre and boat landing, Peak's [i.e. Peak] Island, Portland harbor, Me.

Gem Theatre and boat landing, Peak's [i.e. Peak] Island, Portland harb...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hotel Kernan & Maryland Theatre, Baltimore, Md.

Hotel Kernan & Maryland Theatre, Baltimore, Md.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Potomac Electric Power Co. air conditioning and lighting. Loew's Fox Theatre II

Potomac Electric Power Co. air conditioning and lighting. Loew's Fox T...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Main Street Area Survey, Troubadour Theatre, North Main Street, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

Main Street Area Survey, Troubadour Theatre, North Main Street, Lexing...

Significance: Integral part of Lexington's historic Main Street. Originally built for a lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, all or part of the building served as a community meeting place until the ... More

Gem Hotel & Theater, 1746 Curtis Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Gem Hotel & Theater, 1746 Curtis Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Survey number: HABS CO-120 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reality Theater, South Main Street opposite Route 913, Robertsdale, Huntingdon County, PA

Reality Theater, South Main Street opposite Route 913, Robertsdale, Hu...

Survey number: HABS PA-5557 Building/structure dates: 1948 Initial Construction

Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Alternate title: Planter's Hotel. Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1736. First planned theater in America. Shortly after 1800 it became a ruin and the Planter's Hotel was built aro... More

Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Alternate title: Planter's Hotel. Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1736. First planned theater in America. Shortly after 1800 it became a ruin and the Planter's Hotel was built aro... More

Community Theatre, Hudson, New York. General view

Community Theatre, Hudson, New York. General view

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

Fulton Theatre, W. 46th St., New York City. Proscenium arch

Fulton Theatre, W. 46th St., New York City. Proscenium arch

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

Coronet Theatre, W. 49th St., New York City. Stage from right

Coronet Theatre, W. 49th St., New York City. Stage from right

Public domain photograph of life and commerce in the New YorkCity in1940s-1950s, interiors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Claremont Theatre, N.Y.] / motion picture

[Claremont Theatre, N.Y.] / motion picture

Shows the entrance to the Claremont Theatre in New York City at 135th St. and Broadway where Edison is showing Gertrude McCoy and Bigelow Cooper in On the stroke of twelve. Large numbers of men, women and child... More

Colon Theater, El Paso, Texas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Colon Theater, El Paso, Texas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Theaters. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph... More

Carol M. Highsmith - KiMo Theatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Carol M. Highsmith - KiMo Theatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Interior of Old Theater. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Interior of Old Theater. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Public domain photograph related to President Richard Nixon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertak... More

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