Scene on Pine St. Showing Grand Theatre Postcard
Dublin Core
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.
Requires
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.
Transcript
Scene on Pine St. Showing Grand Theatre,
Orlando, Fla.
THE GRAND
MOTION PICTURES
Post Card
E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee.
No. 11867
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 April 24, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/1017.