Stanley Theatre, [19th & Market Sts.], Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic]

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Mastbaum, Stanley.

Lee, William H.

Stanley Company of America.

Hoffman, Henon & Company.

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

theaters (institutions)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

19th & Market Sts. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Stanley Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

19th & Market Sts. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Stanley Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Physical Description:

14 photoprints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller

Contained In:

Irvin R. Glazer theaters collection. Graphics series.

Place of Publication:

ca. 1928-1973.

Notes:

This set is accompanied by photoproofs & negatives.

Set includes: [1] 1 photoprint of earlier photo. Verso note: "Stanley Theatre #2 - 19th St., Phila. Orchestra shot taken circa 1928. 29 rank Kimball [organ] is against stage just to right of center." [2] 2 interiors, with verso stamp of "Joseph N. Pearce, photographer, 5302 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa." Nos. 13506-13507. [3] 1 exterior perspective. No. 35007, dated 1-13-35. No photographer given. [4] 1 exterior of entrance & marquee at show time, with crowd & ca. 1950' autos. "War & Peace" with Audry Hepburn & Henry Fonda showing. ca. 1950's autos. [5] 3 exterior snapshots, ca. 1960's autos. [6] 3 images from demolition, ca. 1973.

Glazer, Philadelphia theatres, A-Z provides the address of 19th & Market Sts. According to Glazer the building was by Hoffman and Henon Company, opening in Jan. 1921, with n 1933 alteration of William H. Lee. It was dedicated as a memorial to Stanley Mastbaum, president of the Stanley Corporation theatres. It's demolition in 1973, was documented by the photoproofs in this collection.

Forms part of: Irvin R. Glazer theaters collection. Graphics series.

Cited in:

Glazer, p. 215.