CAPITOL THEATRE Pottsville, PA 1927 Photo ART DECO Mezzanine Lounge
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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!!
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Excellent condition, linen backed original photo with a two inch extension on the left side. Pencil writing and studio stamp on the reverse. Opened on 21st November 1927, the Capitol Theatre was, at the time, one of the largest theaters built i...n Pennsylvania, seating over 2, 700, and designed in ornate Spanish Colonial style, complete with elaborate plaster-work throughout the interior and a quasi-Art Deco style style facade, with terra cotta decoration.The Capitol Theatre was also designed for sound movies, although it also had a stage for vaudeville and stage shows, including beauty pageants, held during its early decades of operation.
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, linen backed original photo with a two inch extension on the left side. Pencil writing and studio stamp on the reverse. Opened on 21st November 1927, the Capitol Theatre was, at the time, one of the largest theaters built i...n Pennsylvania, seating over 2, 700, and designed in ornate Spanish Colonial style, complete with elaborate plaster-work throughout the interior and a quasi-Art Deco style style facade, with terra cotta decoration.The Capitol Theatre was also designed for sound movies, although it also had a stage for vaudeville and stage shows, including beauty pageants, held during its early decades of operation.
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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