COLONIAL THEATRE Reading, PA 1925 Photo ART DECO Balcony Lounge W H LEE
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An original gelatin silver photograph on fiber paper
(not the resin paper found in recent prints)
NOT A COPY, NOT A REPRINT!!
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Excellent condition, linen backed original photo with a two inch binder extension on the left side. Paper caption and studio stamp on the reverse. The Colonial Theatre was one of Reading’s first large theatres built specifically for movies, a...nd opened on April 15, 1917, with “Sleeping Fires”. It was operated by Carr & Schad, which had the local franchise for Paramount-Artcraft releases. In September, 1925, the Loew’s Inc. circuit took over and ran the Colonial Theatre through its peak years as home for all the major MGM releases, including “Gone With the Wind”.Interiors were remodeled by W. H. Lee.
From the estate of W. H. Lee. Found in a portfolio of photos of the buildings and interiors (mostly theaters) that he designed that were executed by photo studios shortly after their construction. "William Harold Lee (December 9, 1884 – February 3, 1971) was an American 20th century movie theater designer and later the chief architect for Eastern College. He was a protégé of acclaimed Philadelphia architect Frank Furness.Lee attended Trinity College for a year, before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania where he studied architecture.During his career, Lee designed numerous theaters and several buildings at Temple University, Franklin and Marshall College. Many of his theaters have only recently begun to receive critical recognition, and while some of his greatest theaters have been demolished, such as the Astor Theater in Reading, Pennsylvania and Victoria Theatre in Shamokin, Pennsylvania. In most cases those which still exist today are being restored. These include the Anthony Wayne in Wayne, Pennsylvania, the Majestic Theatre in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the Bryn Mawr Theatre in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the Hiway Theatre in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, the Lansdowne Theatre in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, and the Landis Theater in Vineland, New Jersey.
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An original gelatin silver photograph on fiber paper
(not the resin paper found in recent prints)
NOT A COPY, NOT A REPRINT!!
GUARANTEED
Excellent condition, linen backed original photo with a two inch binder extension on the left side. Paper caption and studio stamp on the reverse. The Colonial Theatre was one of Reading’s first large theatres built specifically for movies, a...nd opened on April 15, 1917, with “Sleeping Fires”. It was operated by Carr & Schad, which had the local franchise for Paramount-Artcraft releases. In September, 1925, the Loew’s Inc. circuit took over and ran the Colonial Theatre through its peak years as home for all the major MGM releases, including “Gone With the Wind”.Interiors were remodeled by W. H. Lee.
From the estate of W. H. Lee. Found in a portfolio of photos of the buildings and interiors (mostly theaters) that he designed that were executed by photo studios shortly after their construction. "William Harold Lee (December 9, 1884 – February 3, 1971) was an American 20th century movie theater designer and later the chief architect for Eastern College. He was a protégé of acclaimed Philadelphia architect Frank Furness.Lee attended Trinity College for a year, before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania where he studied architecture.During his career, Lee designed numerous theaters and several buildings at Temple University, Franklin and Marshall College. Many of his theaters have only recently begun to receive critical recognition, and while some of his greatest theaters have been demolished, such as the Astor Theater in Reading, Pennsylvania and Victoria Theatre in Shamokin, Pennsylvania. In most cases those which still exist today are being restored. These include the Anthony Wayne in Wayne, Pennsylvania, the Majestic Theatre in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the Bryn Mawr Theatre in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the Hiway Theatre in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, the Lansdowne Theatre in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, and the Landis Theater in Vineland, New Jersey.
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