Colonial Theatre, Allentown, Pa. [graphic]

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Pearce, Joseph N.

Wint Studio.

Hill & Fischer.

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theaters--Pennsylvania--Allentown.

Allentown (Pa.).

Colonial Theater (Allentown, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

Allentown (Pa.).

Colonial Theater (Allentown, Pa.).

Physical Description:

24 photoprints mounted on linen : b&w ; 20.5 x 28.5 cm. (8 x 11 1/2 in.)

Contained In:

Irvin R. Glazer theaters collection.

Place of Publication:

ca. 1921.

Notes:

All items have holes punched on one end, suggesting previous housing together in an album. Photos appear to have three separate origins: [1] Item no. 129. Front elevation, street scene. Photo by Hill & Fischer of earlier graphic, monogram "S.D" bottom left in image. Date stamped Jan. 27, 1921. [2] Item nos. 132-135, 140-142. One exterior and six interior views. Stamp for Joseph N. Pearce, photographer, 6302 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. on verso. These items also have a pencilled number under the photographs' stamp, including 13453-13459. Date stamped Feb. 2, 1921. [3] Sixteen items, nos. 128, 130-131, 136-139, 143-151. Interior & three exterior views. Wint Studio, Allentown, Pa. embrossed in lower right corner of these items. No date.

All items have numbers in red on verso, of unidentified origin. Set includes numbers 128, 130-132 (exterior views), 133-151, and item no. 129, which is a photograph of an earlier graphic. Several items also have a number in red pencil, circled, including 2-5, 32, 43, 46-48.

Forms part of: Irvin R. Glazer theaters collection.