Commodore Theatre, 4228 Walnut St., Phila., Pa. [graphic]

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Hoffman Henon Co.

Ballinger Company.

General Reproduction.

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theaters--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

4227 Walnut St. at 43rd St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Commodore Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

4227 Walnut St. at 43rd St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Commodore Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Physical Description:

2 photoprints : b&w ; 8 x 11 in. or smaller

Contained In:

Irvin R. Glazer theater collection. Graphics series.

Place of Publication:

n.d.

Notes:

Set includes: [1] One photo of a drawing, showing the floor plan for a theater at the corner of Walnut Street & 43rd Street. Drawing has "Hoffman-Henon Co., architects & engineers, Finance Bldg., Phila." Verso of photo has stamp: "General Reproduction Co., Philadelphia, Phile Rittenhouse 1800, Negative no. 13895. Also on verso is the number "204" in red ink, and a pencil note "Proposed, 42rd & Walnut." [2] One photo of exterior, ca. 1940's(?), showing facade & marquee.

Glazer, Philadelphia theatres, A-Z, p. 91, indicates that the architects for the theater was Ballinger Company.

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

Cited in:

Glazer, p. 91.