MIRACLE THEATER Coral Gables, FL 1948 Photo ART MODERNE Lobby W. H. LEE
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An original gelatin silver photograph on fiber paper
(not the resin paper found in recent prints)
NOT A COPY, NOT A REPRINT!!
GUARANTEED
Excellent condition with studio stamp and writing on the back. The Miracle Theater opened on December 7, 1948 as a neighborhood movie house with 1, 600 seats, which were located on the main floor and a separate raised section at the rear. Its s...umptuous Streamline Moderne lobby and marquee welcomed visitors to the movies for decades until the theater closed.
From the estate of W. H. Lee. Found in a portfolio of photos of the buildings and interiors (mostly theaters) that he designed that were executed by photo studios shortly after their construction. "William Harold Lee (December 9, 1884 – February 3, 1971) was an American 20th century movie theater designer and later the chief architect for Eastern College. He was a protégé of acclaimed Philadelphia architect Frank Furness.Lee attended Trinity College for a year, before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania where he studied architecture.During his career, Lee designed numerous theaters and several buildings at Temple University, Franklin and Marshall College. Many of his theaters have only recently begun to receive critical recognition, and while some of his greatest theaters have been demolished, such as the Astor Theater in Reading, Pennsylvania and Victoria Theatre in Shamokin, Pennsylvania. In most cases those which still exist today are being restored. These include the Anthony Wayne in Wayne, Pennsylvania, the Majestic Theatre in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the Bryn Mawr Theatre in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the Hiway Theatre in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, the Lansdowne Theatre in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, and the Landis Theater in Vineland, New Jersey.
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An original gelatin silver photograph on fiber paper
(not the resin paper found in recent prints)
NOT A COPY, NOT A REPRINT!!
GUARANTEED
Excellent condition with studio stamp and writing on the back. The Miracle Theater opened on December 7, 1948 as a neighborhood movie house with 1, 600 seats, which were located on the main floor and a separate raised section at the rear. Its s...umptuous Streamline Moderne lobby and marquee welcomed visitors to the movies for decades until the theater closed.
From the estate of W. H. Lee. Found in a portfolio of photos of the buildings and interiors (mostly theaters) that he designed that were executed by photo studios shortly after their construction. "William Harold Lee (December 9, 1884 – February 3, 1971) was an American 20th century movie theater designer and later the chief architect for Eastern College. He was a protégé of acclaimed Philadelphia architect Frank Furness.Lee attended Trinity College for a year, before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania where he studied architecture.During his career, Lee designed numerous theaters and several buildings at Temple University, Franklin and Marshall College. Many of his theaters have only recently begun to receive critical recognition, and while some of his greatest theaters have been demolished, such as the Astor Theater in Reading, Pennsylvania and Victoria Theatre in Shamokin, Pennsylvania. In most cases those which still exist today are being restored. These include the Anthony Wayne in Wayne, Pennsylvania, the Majestic Theatre in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the Bryn Mawr Theatre in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the Hiway Theatre in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, the Lansdowne Theatre in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, and the Landis Theater in Vineland, New Jersey.
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