Scene on Pine St. Showing Grand Theatre Postcard

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Title

Scene on Pine St. Showing Grand Theatre Postcard

Alternative Title

Grand Theatre Postcard

Subject

Orlando (Fla.)
Postcards--Florida
Movie theaters
Buildings--Florida
Theaters--Florida

Description

Postcard showing Grand Theatre, located at 37 West Pine Street in Orlando, Florida. The theater opened in the 1920s. During the 1940s and 1950s, the theatre operated as a first run house, typically playing second tier motion pictures. In 1956, the name was changed to the Astor Theatre. The building was demolished around 1960.

Source

Original 5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard: E. C. Kropp Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.

Publisher

E. C. Kropp Company

Date Created

ca. 1940

Date Copyrighted

ca. 1940

Date Issued

ca. 1940

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original 5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard: E. C. Kropp Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Is Part Of

Private Collection of Thomas Cook.

Postcard Collection, Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

application/pdf

Extent

7.95 MB

Medium

5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard

Language

eng

Type

Still Image

Coverage

Orlando, Florida

Spatial Coverage

28.541322, -81.379941

Temporal Coverage

1940-01-01/1940-12-31

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher

Provenance

Originally published by the E. C. Kropp Company.

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by E. C. Kropp Company and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Contributing Project

Curator

Cook, Thomas

Digital Collection

Source Repository

Private Collection of Thomas Cook

External Reference

Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. Lost Orlando. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.
"Grand Theatre." Cinema Treasures. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/14347.

External Reference Title

Transcript

Scene on Pine St. Showing Grand Theatre,
Orlando, Fla.

THE GRAND
MOTION PICTURES

Post Card

E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee.
No. 11867

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

1 color postcard

Physical Dimensions

5.5 x 3.5 inch

Collection

Citation

“Scene on Pine St. Showing Grand Theatre Postcard,” RICHES, accessed October 10, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/1017.

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