These two photos of the renovations,taken in 1932, potentially provide an insight into the segregated politics of labor in the...

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The immense scope of work that went into renovating  the Loew’s Grand is overwhelming. The theatre would eventually seat 2,088...

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Thomas White Lamb, the man hired to renovate the Loew’s Grand Theatre into a modern, Art-Deco movie palace,  is remembered as...

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These photos show the Loew’s Grand Theatre at its height as a major city movie palace. During the 1930s, this...

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These are some of our earliest post cards and they bring up a unique period of postcard history. When we...

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Another theatre whose single-play-repertoire would not normally be represented in our collections is the Mountainside Theatre in Cherokee, N.C. The...

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One aspect of the Postcard Collection that separates it from many of our other collections has to do with the...

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While postcards are often praised for their self-contained, single card design, they could also reach high levels of complexity. This...

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Many, if not most, of our postcards are from the latest era of postcard production, known as photochrom-style postcards. Photochrom-style...

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The next collection we will explore is our Postcard Collection. Most of this weeks selections were curated by our intern,...

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