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Longacre Theatre - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Longacre Theatre - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Earle Theater, Washington, D.C.

Earle Theater, Washington, D.C.

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Electric Institute of Washington. Refrigerator window display II

Electric Institute of Washington. Refrigerator window display II

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

Juilliard School, 125 Claremont Ave., New York City. Iphigenia, third act set, center III

Juilliard School, 125 Claremont Ave., New York City. Iphigenia, third ...

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Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., Bronx. Opera "The Mother" I

Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., Bronx. Opera "The Mothe...

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Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, Indiana. Little theatre from stage

Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, Indiana. Little theatre fr...

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[Auditorium at Fort Jackson, South Carolina]

[Auditorium at Fort Jackson, South Carolina]

Sketch showing soldiers at a lecture while stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Photographic Print from New York production of Power. Finding Aid Box 1182

Photographic Print from New York production of Power. Finding Aid Box ...

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

McKinley High School, 800 North Market Street, Canton, Stark County, OH

McKinley High School, 800 North Market Street, Canton, Stark County, O...

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McKinley High School, 800 North Market Street, Canton, Stark County, OH

McKinley High School, 800 North Market Street, Canton, Stark County, O...

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

Hollis Street Theater, Hollis Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Hollis Street Theater, Hollis Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: Built as a church 1810. Remodeled for a theatre 1885. Demolished 1935. Architect John R. Hall. Survey number: HABS MA-157 Building/structure dates: 1885 Subsequent Work

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

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

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

Earle Theatre, Thirteenth & E Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Earle Theatre, Thirteenth & E Streets, Northwest, Washington, District...

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

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

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

Society National Bank Building, 127-145 Public Square, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Society National Bank Building, 127-145 Public Square, Cleveland, Cuya...

Significance: The building is notable for the excellence of its design, its well-maintained condition, and its significance as one of the first skyscrapers in Cleveland. It is one of the outstanding examples of... More

Theatre Comique - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Theatre Comique - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. "Vaudeville" and "First time in Detroit" on billboard. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 306. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Interior of Bradford Theater

Interior of Bradford Theater

H93932 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Theaters; Arch. Colls.; Shelf. Frank Robbins, photographer.

Opening of D.A.R. session, 41623

Opening of D.A.R. session, 41623

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More

Folger Library interiors. Theater at Folger Library from rear looking to stage I

Folger Library interiors. Theater at Folger Library from rear looking ...

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Shakespearean players. Group on actors on stage II

Shakespearean players. Group on actors on stage II

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Roxy Theatre, 49th Street, New York, N.Y. [Interior] with curtain down

Roxy Theatre, 49th Street, New York, N.Y. [Interior] with curtain down

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Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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

Large choir group in Al Hambra i.e., Alhambra, cinema, Jaffa, March 22, '44

Large choir group in Al Hambra i.e., Alhambra, cinema, Jaffa, March 22...

On negative: Duplicate. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946].

FSA/OWI - Farm security administration and Office of War Information photograph.

FSA/OWI - Farm security administration and Office of War Information p...

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

A couple of women standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of women standing next to each other. 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

Cardinal Hayes Memorial High School, Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York. Auditorium I, from right

Cardinal Hayes Memorial High School, Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York....

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

Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., New York City. Gondoliers, second act I

Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., New York City. Gondolie...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school auditorium, college, education, building interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Playhouse, Ponciana Plaza, Palm Beach, Florida. Axis set stage, from house

Playhouse, Ponciana Plaza, Palm Beach, Florida. Axis set stage, from h...

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

Carol M. Highsmith - [Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C.]

Carol M. Highsmith - [Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C.]

Digital image produced by Library of Congress. Date provided by photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase... More

Tri City Drive-In Theater, straight-on view, Redlands Boulevard, Loma Linda, California

Tri City Drive-In Theater, straight-on view, Redlands Boulevard, Loma ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Mural and decorated screens; Drive-in movie theaters & signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). C... More

A scene from the play "To Kill A Mockingbird," performed in Monroeville, Alabama

A scene from the play "To Kill A Mockingbird," performed in Monroevill...

This special presentation commemorates the 50th anniversary of the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, a native of Monroeville, Alabama. Many literary scholars and local residents believe ... More

The Federal Theatre's "One third of a nation" / Leon Carlin.

The Federal Theatre's "One third of a nation" / Leon Carlin.

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "One Third of a Nation" at the Walnut St. Theatre, showing decaying houses in the shadow of tall buildings.

Atlas Theatre, 213 West Sixteenth Street, Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY

Atlas Theatre, 213 West Sixteenth Street, Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY

Survey number: HABS WY-77 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

San Bernardino Valley College, Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Avenue, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA

San Bernardino Valley College, Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Aven...

Significance: The San Bernadino Valley College contains the core complex of the first junior college in California, built under 1921 legislative guidelines and standards established for junior colleges. These ... More

Loew's Theatre, 625 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Loew's Theatre, 625 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...

Significance: The first John Eberson atmospheric theatre in the state or region, Loew's Theatre is a lavish and perfectly preserved movie palace of the late 1920s. It is an excellent example of Churrigueresque... More

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

Earle Theatre, Thirteenth & E Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Earle Theatre, Thirteenth & E Streets, Northwest, Washington, District...

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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...

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West Oil Company Endless Wire Pumping Station, U.S. Route 50 (Volcano vicinity), Petroleum, Ritchie County, WV

West Oil Company Endless Wire Pumping Station, U.S. Route 50 (Volcano ...

Significance: A rare example of a technology which was once considered to be the best available means of long distance power transmission. The endless-wire cable method was introduced and advanced in the Unite... More

[Theater interior. Section. Rendering]

[Theater interior. Section. Rendering]

Anonymous French artist, per donor's notes. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP-2000:029). Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2000:029, no. 20. Conservation control number 8.11.797.13.

[Theatre Comique] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Theatre Comique] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Tearing up floor of House of Reps.

Tearing up floor of House of Reps.

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Large choir group in Al Hambra [i.e., Alhambra], cinema, Jaffa, March 22, '44

Large choir group in Al Hambra [i.e., Alhambra], cinema, Jaffa, March ...

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

Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., New York City. Gondoliers, second act II

Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., New York City. Gondolie...

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Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., New York City. Gondoliers, second act III

Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., New York City. Gondolie...

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Beach Theatre, Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, Florida. Auditorium from stage

Beach Theatre, Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, Florida. Auditorium from stag...

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

Juilliard School, 125 Claremont Ave., New York City. Iphigenia, third act with six students II

Juilliard School, 125 Claremont Ave., New York City. Iphigenia, third ...

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Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Vienna, Virginia

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Vienna, Virginia

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Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, built on the site formerly known as Sugarloaf Point on Catalina Island off the coast of California

Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, built on the site forme...

The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More

Keswick Theater, 291 North Keswick Avenue, Glenside, Montgomery County, PA

Keswick Theater, 291 North Keswick Avenue, Glenside, Montgomery County...

The locational information was corrected from 1419 Bethlehem Pike, Flourtown, PA to 291 North Keswick Avenue, Glenside, PA. Significance: The Keswick Theatre is a noteworthy theater building, having the distinc... More

First National Bank Building, 100-102 East San Antonio Avenue, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

First National Bank Building, 100-102 East San Antonio Avenue, El Paso...

Significance: The First National Bank Building was built circa 1882-1883 for Joshua Raynolds, President of the First National Bank of Las Vegas, New Mexico. The establishment of the bank in El Paso was prompted... More

Detroit, Michigan, Temple Theatre interior

Detroit, Michigan, Temple Theatre interior

Title from jacket. "Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 045122. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., New York City. Maria Malibran, second act I

Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., New York City. Maria Ma...

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Time of Your Life. American Theatre Guild production, 1939-1940 with Eddie Dowling, Julie Haydon, Gene Kelly, and Charles de Sheim

Time of Your Life. American Theatre Guild production, 1939-1940 with E...

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A black and white photo of a crowd of people, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a crowd of people, Great Depression. FSA/OW...

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 Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, Indiana. Auditorium from stage, center curtains open

Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, Indiana. Auditorium from s...

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Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, Indiana. Auditorium from stage, center curtains open

Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, Indiana. Auditorium from s...

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Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad parts. Making mold for armor plates to be tested on proving ground. The flask, or metal frame is placed over the flask, and two men press it down with air hammers

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Playhouse, Ponciana Plaza, Palm Beach, Florida. House, from stage, axis

Playhouse, Ponciana Plaza, Palm Beach, Florida. House, from stage, axi...

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

Charles S. Colden Auditorium and School, Queens College. Small theatre from stage

Charles S. Colden Auditorium and School, Queens College. Small theatre...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school auditorium, college, education, building interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Scene at the Fishmarket, a renovated mall near Baltimore, Maryland's Inner Harbor. The entertainment venue's name was later changed to Port Discovery

Scene at the Fishmarket, a renovated mall near Baltimore, Maryland's I...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The entertainment venue's name was later changed to Por... More

Opening night, New theatre, Chicago,  Panoramic Photograph

Opening night, New theatre, Chicago, Panoramic Photograph

H83693 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; October 11, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:43040.50. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago.

Kenilworth Club, 10 Kenilworth Avenue, Kenilworth, Cook County, IL

Kenilworth Club, 10 Kenilworth Avenue, Kenilworth, Cook County, IL

Significance: The Kenilworth Club is a small club house of domestic scale and form, a building by George Washington Maher which is a good example of his motif rhythm theory at its most mature phase. Unprocesse... More

Billiard Tournament at Orchestra Hall,  Panoramic Photograph

Billiard Tournament at Orchestra Hall, Panoramic Photograph

H107995 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; March, 1908; DLC/PP-1908:43406. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, New York, Washington. No. 8-1200.

Metropolitan Opera House, 1423 Broadway, New York, New York County, NY

Metropolitan Opera House, 1423 Broadway, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: The Metropolitan Opera House was the home of the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1883 until 1966 and during these eighty three years played an important role in operatic tradition. Although the bu... More

Roxy Theatre, 106 South Main Street, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT

Roxy Theatre, 106 South Main Street, Brigham City, Box Elder County, U...

Significance: Front facade is the best example of Art Deco style in Brigham City. Prior to 1931, structure was the Fishburn dry goods store. Southern half of site was originally an important assembly hall, part... 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

Ellis Island, New Immigration Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, New Immigration Building, New York Harbor, New York, New...

Significance: The New Immigration Building is one of three major New Deal-era buildings at Ellis Island created to meet the changing scope of immigration services at the facility. Constructed on fill joining I... 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

Detroit, Michigan, Temple Theatre auditorium

Detroit, Michigan, Temple Theatre auditorium

Title from jacket. "Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 045126. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[The Foyer, Temple Theatre, Detroit, Mich.]

[The Foyer, Temple Theatre, Detroit, Mich.]

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Knickerbocker Theatre, Wash., D.C., Oct., 1917

Knickerbocker Theatre, Wash., D.C., Oct., 1917

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More

Shakespearean players. Group of actors on stage I

Shakespearean players. Group of actors on stage I

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

Harrison High School, Harrison, New York. Auditorium, to balcony

Harrison High School, Harrison, New York. Auditorium, to balcony

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Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., New York City, New York. Fidelio, on stage II

Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., New York City, New York...

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Loew's State Theater, Broadway and 45th St., New York City. Curtain and side of house

Loew's State Theater, Broadway and 45th St., New York City. Curtain an...

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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

Black-and-white image of the auditorium at the Morton H. Myerson Symphony Center, which opened in 1989 in the Arts District of Dallas, Texas

Black-and-white image of the auditorium at the Morton H. Myerson Symph...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The center was designed by architect I.M. Pei and acoustician Russell Johnson's Artec Consultants, Inc. The Center is named for Morton... More

Turpentine (52 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939

Turpentine (52 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1...

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

Professor Mamlock (60 Photographs)

Professor Mamlock (60 Photographs)

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

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

Loew's Theatre, 625 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Loew's Theatre, 625 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...

Significance: The first John Eberson atmospheric theatre in the state or region, Loew's Theatre is a lavish and perfectly preserved movie palace of the late 1920s. It is an excellent example of Churrigueresque... More

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

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

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

[Central Dome, interior view, showing exhibit of art work and vases, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Central Dome, interior view, showing exhibit of art work and vases, P...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[unidentified parlor with piano -- Rasch Studio]

[unidentified parlor with piano -- Rasch Studio]

Photograph shows a room in the dance studio of choreographer and dancer Albertina Rasch (1891-1967), which was located in the Chatworth Apartments, 344 West 72nd Street, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons p... More

U.S. Capitol paintings. Dedication of the painting Signing of the Constitution V

U.S. Capitol paintings. Dedication of the painting Signing of the Cons...

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Building. Group on stage, Electric Institute

Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Building....

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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Lecture hall I

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Lecture hall I

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

Egyptian Theater, Delta, Colorado

Egyptian Theater, Delta, Colorado

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

Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. during American Civil War

Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. during American Civil War

Panorama before 2009 renovation. Ford's Theatre is a historic theatre in Washington, D.C., used for various stage performances beginning in the 1860s. It is also the site of the assassination of U.S. President ... More

Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California

Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California

Designed by Timothy Pfleger in 1931, the landmark features a resplendent Art Deco auditorium with bas-relief sculptural panels, a grand ceiling, and a 1931 Wurlitzer organ. Title, date and keywords based on inf... More

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