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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

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

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

Bethlehem, Christmas Day,  Israel, Matson photograph collection

Bethlehem, Christmas Day, Israel, Matson photograph collection

Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

It Can't Happen Here (195 Photographs)

It Can't Happen Here (195 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

[ Crowd waiting outside the London Palladium for a Danny Kaye performance, June 15, 1951. Note verso from Kathleen Withersby]

[ Crowd waiting outside the London Palladium for a Danny Kaye performa...

Box marked: DKA_VSBOX7 Folder marked: Palladium, South Africa (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to th... More

Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Co...

Survey number: HABS DC-82 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000034

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

John R. McLean House, 1500 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

John R. McLean House, 1500 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of...

Survey number: HABS DC-24 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1940 Demolished

Wilmington City Hall-Thalian Hall, 102 North Third Street, Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC

Wilmington City Hall-Thalian Hall, 102 North Third Street, Wilmington,...

Significance: Wilmington City Hall/Thalian Hall has housed city government and community theater continuously since 1855. Designed by John Montague Trimble, the building is of restrained, neo-classical design w... More

American Academy of Music, 232-246 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

American Academy of Music, 232-246 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, P...

Survey number: HABS PA-1491 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000674

Central Iron Foundry, Hot Strip Mill Building, 1700 Holt Road, Holt, Tuscaloosa County, AL

Central Iron Foundry, Hot Strip Mill Building, 1700 Holt Road, Holt, T...

Survey number: HAER AL-82-A Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hartman Building & Theater, 73-87 East State Street, Columbus, Franklin County, OH

Hartman Building & Theater, 73-87 East State Street, Columbus, Frankli...

Significance: This early 20th century commercial building with Renaissance Revival styling was built for Dr. Samuel Hartman, a wealthy Columbus resident. One of the tallest buildings in Columbus at the time of ... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Cooking school, Mount Rainer

Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Cooking s...

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

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

[An Assembly in the auditorium for a lecture with slides on art]

[An Assembly in the auditorium for a lecture with slides on art]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "4th Division."

[Auditorium of the New Theater, New York City]

[Auditorium of the New Theater, New York City]

J145551 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexican Embassy, Washington, D.C., fresco in dining room

Mexican Embassy, Washington, D.C., fresco in dining room

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Electric Institute of Washington. Georgetown Electric Co. store front

Electric Institute of Washington. Georgetown Electric Co. store front

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

A black and white photo of a orchestra. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of a orchestra. America during Great Depressio...

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

Rialto Theater, 943 Hamilton Mall, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA

Rialto Theater, 943 Hamilton Mall, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA

Significance: Interior decorative features indicative of 1920s theater construction; exterior not significant due to substantial alteration- always used as theater until closure in 1979 and conversion to storag... More

Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Co...

Survey number: HABS DC-82 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000034

Columbia Theatre, 215 Riverside Mall, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

Columbia Theatre, 215 Riverside Mall, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Pa...

Significance: Originally called the Columbia, this theater, built in 1920, was hailed at its opening as the "most complete temple for silent drama to be found in the Southern States." Walter E. Stephens, of th... More

Columbia Theatre, 215 Riverside Mall, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

Columbia Theatre, 215 Riverside Mall, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Pa...

Significance: Originally called the Columbia, this theater, built in 1920, was hailed at its opening as the "most complete temple for silent drama to be found in the Southern States." Walter E. Stephens, of th... 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.

Chester County Horticultural Hall, 225 North High Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA

Chester County Horticultural Hall, 225 North High Street, West Chester...

Significance: This unusual building, originally erected for a horticultural society but later used as a town meeting hall, exhibition space, theater, and historical society, was the last building in West Cheste... More

Walsh-Mclean House, 2020 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Walsh-Mclean House, 2020 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, D...

Significance: Originally a private residence, this detached structure with Louis XVI details is most conspicuous for its art-nouveau undulating walls and roof; its galleried and sky-lit, three story, "steamship... More

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Indiana Theatre, 134 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The Indiana Theatre is an outstanding example of the Spanish-style architecture in vogue in America during the 1920s. It is particularly noteworthy for its terra-cotta facade and its auditorium d... 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

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

Academy Building, 68-114 South Main Street, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Academy Building, 68-114 South Main Street, Fall River, Bristol County...

Significance: The Academy Building was constructed by the Borden Family, textile entrepreneurs of Fall River. The prominent structure, with Ruskinian Gothic details, was designed by Hartwell and Swasey of Bost... More

Interior of the Astor Theatre, New York City

Interior of the Astor Theatre, New York City

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

Opening of D.A.R. conf., 41623 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Opening of D.A.R. conf., 41623 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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

Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947

Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, Carnegie Hall, New Yor...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More

Help Yourself (60 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939

Help Yourself (60 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Projec...

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

Help Yourself (60 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939

Help Yourself (60 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Projec...

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

The Sun and I (69 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939

The Sun and I (69 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Projec...

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

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

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Bank of the United States, 80 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Bank of the United States, 80 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...

Significance: Charleston's City Hall is significant for many reasons. First, it is important for its original, graceful architectural design and its perfect execution of detail. It fits nobly into a highly dist... 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

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

Municipal Auditorium, 1310 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Municipal Auditorium, 1310 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Jackson Coun...

Significance: The Municipal Auditorium is a classic example of 1930s moderne style constructed with funds from the city and the federal government. Although the U.S. contribution was relatively small, it kept t... More

Campbell Union Grammar School, 11 East Campbell Avenue, Campbell, Santa Clara County, CA

Campbell Union Grammar School, 11 East Campbell Avenue, Campbell, Sant...

Significance: An extensive statement of significance is made in the Nomination Form for the National Register of Historic Places concerning this building. A few highlights from that statement: Four school dis... 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

Music Hall, 154 West Fifty-seventh Street, New York, New York County, NY

Music Hall, 154 West Fifty-seventh Street, New York, New York County, ...

Significance: Carnegie Hall's name is synonymous world-wide with musical excellence. It is noted for its acoustics as well as its rich musical history. The hall, together with the artists' studio which surround... 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

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

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

Entrance to the Ohio Theatre, a performing arts center in Columbus, Ohio

Entrance to the Ohio Theatre, a performing arts center in Columbus, Oh...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

Help Yourself (60 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939

Help Yourself (60 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Projec...

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

Help Yourself (60 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939

Help Yourself (60 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Projec...

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

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

Old City Auditorium, 404-424 North Fourth Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

Old City Auditorium, 404-424 North Fourth Street, Saint Joseph, Buchan...

Significance: Designed by Edmond Jacque Eckel, FAIA, a renowned architect in Missouri and the nation. The building is a rare example of a Renaissance Revival II style building. The architectural style, Renaissa... 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

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson ...

Significance: The Ryman Auditorium was built at a time when religious revivalism was attracting such a following in Nashville that Thomas Green Ryman, a recent convert himself, decided in 188 to provide the cit... More

Converts' rally, Evangelistic Committee of New York City, Carnegie Hall, Sept. 14, 1908

Converts' rally, Evangelistic Committee of New York City, Carnegie Hal...

H116497 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; October 5, 1908. Copyright claimant's address: New York, Chicago, Washington. No. 1340.

Photographic Negative from New York production of Macbeth (Lafayette Theatre, #39). Finding Aid Box 1221

Photographic Negative from New York production of Macbeth (Lafayette T...

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

Springer Opera House, 105 Tenth Street, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Springer Opera House, 105 Tenth Street, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Survey number: HABS GA-295 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000214

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

Whittier Theatre, 11602-11612 East Whittier Boulevard, Whittier, Los Angeles County, CA

Whittier Theatre, 11602-11612 East Whittier Boulevard, Whittier, Los A...

Significance: The Whittier Theatre was the largest and most elaborate movie theater complex in Whittier. It was significant as an example of a local architect's interpretation both of the prevailing trend towa... 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

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

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