Ambler Theatre, 110 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, Pa. [graphic]

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Bristow, Harry.

Rothman, Richard.

Rothman, E. R.

Specter, Rick.

Standard Photo Service Co.

ChristianCinema.com (Firm)

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theaters--Pennsylvania--Ambler.

110 E. Butler Ave. (Ambler, Pa.).

Ambler Theater (Ambler, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

110 E. Butler Ave. (Ambler, Pa.).

Ambler Theater (Ambler, Pa.).

Genre:

Postcards.

Physical Description:

31 photoprints : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.) overall or smaller.

1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm. (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

Contained In:

Irvin R. Glazer theater collection. Graphics series.

Place of Publication:

ca. 1940-1984.

Notes:

Photographs include: [1] 1 street scene, view of facade. Shows ca. 1940 vintage cars & Ambler Drug Co. store to left of theater. [2] 28 items identified on verso with stamp: "Standard Photo Service Co., legal photographers, 2031 Chestnut St., Phila., Pa., Locust 3-20028, December 30, 1964, Ambler Theatre, Photographed by Richard Rothman, [signed] E.R. Rothman." These items have numbers B1855-1 to 9 and B1855-11 to 29. [3] 1 item, with no creator or date identification, showing rear exit, with "no parking .." sign. [4] 1 item labelled "Rick Specdor, 1983"--verso.

Postcard shows street scene, with the "Ambler Theatre, Christian Cinema" flanked by a book store on the left & film library on the right, all still with facade similar to the ca. 1940 image. The marquee & theater sign has changed since 1964 photographs above. The postcard is address to the donor from Rick Specter, with a not, giving Harry Bristow, a former T.W. evangelist, as the operator and the age of the theater as 55. The postcard is postmarked Oct. 24, 1984.

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