Raw Material: Uncovering Chicago’s Historical Collections

As a member of the Chicago Collections, Theatre Historic Society of America loaned items from the archives to the inaugural...

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October is National Archives Month!

Do you have material that you have been collecting and producing, documenting your favorite theatres? Have you ever been curious...

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PLEASE REMAIN STANDING

A Portfolio of Historic Theatres Please Remain Standing is the title of a portfolio of work encompassing over 350 movie...

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The New 19th Century Wave of Advertising

The New 19th Century Wave of Advertising

These early theatre programs, dating from the 1880s, reflect the new 19th century wave of advertising. Unlike later programs, this...

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Last week’s program focus led me to one of the American Theatre Architecture Archives newest accessions of some of our...

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Some programs, like this one for the Eugene De Rosa designed Vanderbilt Theatre made conspicuous efforts to represent both an...

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uispeccoll: These scrapbooks from our Keith/Albee Vaudeville Theater collection are ready to be digitized, repaired, and boxed by our Preservation...

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Older theatre programs can illuminate steps on theatre’s progression to a “respectable” entertainment form. This program from Weber and Fields’ Music...

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This program, like many others, has an appeal to potential advertisers. Frank V. Strauss & Co. enumerate the benefits of...

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Before the 19th century, theatre performances were usually marked with a playbill that listed salient facts about the program and...

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