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Vintage ADAMS THEATER 1940 Detroit photo print
Vintage ADAMS THEATER 1940 Detroit photo print
Photo #716
(Use this photo number when ordering)
by Jan Kaulins


VINTAGE OLD DETROIT ADAMS MOVIE THEATER 1940 Detroi black and white photo picture print for sale. This sepia toned VINTAGE DETROIT ADAMS MOVIE THEATER 1940 photo picture print for sale was made from an original vintage 1940's black and white Adam's Theatre photo and restored to create this excellent historic image seen here. This sepia toned OLD DETROIT ADAMS MOVIE THEATER photo was made from an original vintage black and white restored photograph of this very early downtown Detroit legit theater and later motion picture film theater. THE ADAMS THEATER was designed by noted architect C. Howard Crane and opened in 1917. It was located at 44 West Adams in Grand Circus Park in downtown Detroit. The theater actually occupied two buildings separated by an alley: the lobby gradually sloped downward beneath an alley to a stairway which let to the main auditorium. Like many of the early cinemas, the Adams Theater screen was located at the rear of the stage, making for uncomfortable viewing by patrons seated in the front rows. Silent film director D.W. Griffith and actors Dorothy and Lillian Gish made personal appearance here in 1922 to promote a new film. Though when The Adams opened it was with a stage show, it soon was fitted with motion picture equipment. This historic photo of it is from 1929, about two years after it went from silent films to 'talkies'. It went through several incarnations and remodels until it was finally closed for good in 1988--one of the last surviving downtown Detroit theaters. This is an excellent vintage 1940 portrait of this landmark downtown Detroit Adams Theatre in its very early days of operation. On the large billboard marquee we can see 'The Bluebird' motion picture being featured. On the front of the Adams Theatre at street level you can see the beautiful artwork scenery painted on the facade as you approach this theatre.

THESE BLACK AND WHITE DETROIT PHOTO ART PRINTS ARE VERY HIGH QUALITY REPRODUCTIONS OF ORIGINAL OLD VINTAGE HISTORICAL DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS. THESE SEPIA TONED DETROIT BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS ARE OFFERED FOR SALE HERE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. THEY HAVE BEEN MADE FROM ORIGINAL NEGATIVES OR ORIGINAL FIRST GENERATION PRINTS, MANY OF THEM ARE 50 YEARS OLD AND SOME DATE TO THE EARLY 1920's AND 1930's. THE RARE OLD DETROIT ORIGINAL PHOTOS AND BLACK AND WHITE NEGATIVES USED FOR THESE PRINTS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, NATIONAL ARCHIVES, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND NUMEROUS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS. IT HAS TAKEN SEVERAL YEARS TO PUT THESE OFFERINGS TOGETHER ON THIS WEBSITE. MANY OF THESE PHOTOS ORIGINALLY CAME FROM OLD DEFUNCT NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARCHIVES, WHERE THEY WERE USED ONCE FOR A STORY AND THEN USUALLY JUST THIS ONE ORIGINAL PRINT WAS MADE AND KEPT FOR THEIR ARCHIVES. HENCE, THESE HISTORICAL IMAGES WERE NOT ORIGINALLY MADE TO BE FOR SALE, BUT WERE TO BE USED AS IMAGES FOR NEWS STORIES AS THEY UNFOLDED--MAKING THESE IMAGES EXTREMELY RARE HAVING SURVIVED SO MANY YEARS. VERY FEW OF THESE IMAGES HAVE EVER BEEN OFFERED FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL NOW.

THE ORIGINAL OLD DETROIT BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE DIGITALLY BEEN RE-MASTERED AND ALL MAJOR FLAWS, SUCH AS TEARS, SRACTCHES, MISSING PIECES, FOLDS, INK STAINS ETC. ON THESE RARE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN PAINSTAKINGLY REMOVED AND CORRECTED AND HIGH QUALITY PRINTS OF THESE HISTORIC RARE DETROIT BLACK AND WHITE SEPIA TONED PHOTOS ARE NOW OFFERED, FOR THE FIRST TIME, ON THIS WEBSITE WWW.OldDetroitPhotos.COM . THESE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFUL RESTORED AND ARTISTICALLY SEPIA TONED AND OFFERED IN A LIMITED EDITION OF INDIVIDUALLY PRINTED PHOTO PRINTS. THEY ARE READY FOR DISPLAY IN YOUR HOME OR OFFICE. HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN AND ENJOY SOME VERY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.
 

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