Title & Author:

Picture palaces : past-age postcards : 24 authentic old postcards - ready to mail / National Trust for Historic Preservation, Curt Teich Postcard Collection, Lake County Museum ; introduction by David Naylor.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The Preservation Press, [1988]
Offset Printing: John D. Lucas Printing Company

Description:

28 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 19 cm

Series:

Views from America's past

Notes:
Cover title.
"The Show we visted last night, "Dreamland" Montose, Colo., c.1912 view -- Colonial Theatre, Wichita, Kansas. The most beautiful theatre in the Southwest, c.1912 view -- Dixie Moving Picture Theatre, Manassa, Va., 1915 view -- Amuzu Theatre, "The place you know," Winston-Salem, N.C., c.1917 view -- Bucking Theatre, 3319 N. Clark St., Chicago, Ill., 1929 view -- Idle Hour Theatre, Hyannis, Mass., c.1920 view -- Theatre Row, Dallas, Tex., 1931 view -- Pantages Theatre, Portland, Ore., c.1915 view -- Night view of Mayfair Theatre, Asbury Park, N.J., 1930 view -- Temple Theatre, by night, Geneva, N.Y., c.1917 view -- Entrance to Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood, Calif., 1924 view -- Proscenium Arch and Organ Grid, Aztec Theatre, San Antonio, Tex., c.1927 view -- Grand Reviera Theatre, Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Mich., c.1927 view -- The Roxy Theatre, Situated on 50th Street and 7th Ave., New York City, c.1927 view -- Missouri Theatre, St. Joseph, Mo., c.1926 view -- Interior scene, The Tampa Theatre, "The Pride of the South", Tampa, Fla., 1940 view -- Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Calif., c.1927 view -- Kimo Theatre, Albuquerque, N.M., 1951 view -- Avalon Theatre, Interior of theatre (Toward stage),, New Casino, Catalina Island, Calif., 1929 view -- In the heart of Maysville, The Russell Theatre, Maysville, Ky., 1930 view -- Foyer and ticket offices, Missouri Theatre, The show place of St. Louis, 1932 view -- Auditorium, The Majestic Theatre, Columbus, Ohio, 1914 view -- Pix Theatre, Rock Hill, S.C., 1944 view -- Varsity Theatre, Martin, Tenn., 1950 view
Southeastern Library Association Southern Books Competition, Honorable Mention 1989

ISBN:

0891331433
9780891331438

Subject:

Postcards United States Specimens.
Motion picture theaters United States Pictorial works.
Vernacular architecture United States Pictorial works.
Theaters United States.
Motion picture theaters United States.
Postcards United States.
Cartes postales États-Unis.
Théâtres États-Unis.
Cinémas États-Unis.
Architecture vernaculaire États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Motion picture theaters
Postcards
Theaters
Vernacular architecture
United States

Form/genre:

Postcards.
photobooks.
postcards.
Illustrated works
Photobooks
Pictorial works
Specimens
Ouvrages illustrés.
Livres de photographies.
Cartes postales.

Added entries:

Naylor, David, 1955- writer of introduction.
Lake County Museum (Lake County, Ill.)
Curt Teich Postcard Collection (Lake County Museum)
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States.
Views from America's past.

Past-age postcards

Holdings:

Location: Library main post cards 48744
Call No.: ID PC; ID:89-B7784
Status: Available