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Archive of seven original photographs of the Center Theatre, New York City by [Archive] - 1940

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Archive of seven original photographs of the Center Theatre, New York City by [Archive] - 1940

Archive of seven original photographs of the Center Theatre, New York City

by [Archive]

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N.p.: N.p., 1940. Archive of seven vintage photographs showing both the interior and exterior of the Center Theatre in Rockefeller Center in New York City. The theatre was demolished 1954, the only one of the original buildings at Rockefeller Center to have been removed since its construction. The exterior shots show include the marquee, advertising the 1939 Broadway play "The American Way," starring Frederic March, and "Hats Off to Ice," which ran for 889 shows from 1944 to 1946, making it the most popular of several ice shows produced for the theatre by Sonja Henie and Arthur M. Wirtz. The remaining photographs are of the interior of the theatre, showing the lobby, seats, stage, and one of the famed chandeliers, with one of the photographs of the stage showing a rehearsal, complete with sets, for an unknown production. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine.
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  • Date Published 1940
  • Keywords Photographs | Art Deco | Press Photographs | Theatre | Broadway

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[An extraordinary archive of 295 photographs and silver prints, and 229 original designs and...
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[An extraordinary archive of 295 photographs and silver prints, and 229 original designs and paintings chronicling the style trends and fashion choices spanning the first seven decades of the 20th century. The photographs reveal the prize-winning window display designs at department stores, along with fashion trends for clothing, and the marketing of appliances, household goods, women’s lingerie and sanitary products from before World War I until the Mid-20th Century, by Ray Whitnah, and later his Display Products Co. in St. Louis, Missouri. Many of the original designs created for window displays and window display companies by Whitnah are deeply influenced by Art Deco streamline designs, as well as drawing inspiration from John Held, Pogo, and other significant cartoon and commercial artists].

by [WINDOW DISPLAY & COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING ART ARCHIVE]. [WHITNAH, Raymond Taylor; WHITNAH, Kaye Lamoyne (Artists & Designers).]

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[Cuba, IL; Chicago, IL, Topeka, KS & St. Louis, MO: Raymond Whitnah, Display Products Co., Kaye Whitnah, Industrial Designs, 1897-1970]. Fifteen vols. sized 4to. 9.5 x 12 in. up to Folio. 14 x 17 in. [Approx. 1414 pp (nearly all unpaginated, or unnumbered).], including 295 silver gelatin & silver print photographs, Polaroid, and albumen images, sized from 2 x 2 in. up to 13 x 15 in. hand-coloured silver prints, the majority of the photographs are tipped-in 8 x 10 in. images into albums with thick black paper stock, some linen-backed, some are hand-coloured, many of the silver print designs have been hand-painted, or hand-coloured, most on glossy photo stock, 1 albumen photo mounted on studio card sized 6 x 12 in., many w/ annotations on versos, some w/ captions in lettering below, or dittoed and/or mimeographed explanatory texts on versos, or mounted below the images; the majority of the silver print designs are mounted on beige or black linen hinges; with four of the photo albums still preserving… Read More
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