Free to Use and Reuse: Motion Picture Theaters
From splendid color images of classic theaters to beautiful historical film posters to snapshots of American moviegoing life, our collections offer a robust and diverse cross-section of images devoted to movie theaters.
The Library has thousands of photos available online and many more can be viewed in person when you visit the Prints & Photographs Reading Room.
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Edison's greatest marvel--The Vitascope -
Lyman H. Howe's high class moving pictures - new magic pictures / Courier Co. litho., Buffalo, N.Y. -
The Stanley Theatre, a historic and ornate movie palace that opened in 1928 in Utica, New York -
Twin-Lite Cinema Center, Great Falls, Montana -
Marquee of the Pantages Theatre, a legendary movie and vaudeville palace in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California -
Lobby chandeliers at the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse, New York The Landmark, designed by Thomas W. Lamb, opened in 1928 -
The Art Deco Palace Theater, a onetime movie theater in downtown Marfa, Texas -
Ritz Theatre, Greenville, Alabama -
Movie theater. Southside, Chicago, Illinois -
Crowd coming out of Regal movie theater. Southside of Chicago, Illinois -
Tower Theatre, a Sacramento landmark, built in 1938, that is famous for its neon displays -
The Bluebird Theater in Denver, Colorado -
Part of the ornate auditorium of the Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio... -
Paramount Theatre, Sunrise Avenue & North County Road, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL -
Madam, how would you like to sit behind the hat you are wearing -
If you expect to rate as a gentleman, you will not expectorate on the floor -
Kindly remain seated -
Paramount Theater, Oakland, California -
Paramount Theater, Oakland, California -
Theater, Route 40, Kingsland, Georgia -
Flag Theater, horizontal, Hutchinson, Kansas -
Murray Theater, Broadway, Slayton, Minnesota -
Grauman''s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, California -
Grauman''s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, California -
Loyola Theater, tower detail, Manchester & Sepulveda Boulevard, Westchester, California -
Kimo Theater, Albuquerque, New Mexico -
Berkley Theater, entrance doors, Robins, Berkley, Michigan -
Loew''s State Theater. Mezzanine II -
RKO theatre candy stand, New York City. Stand II, view II -
Entrances of moving picture theaters, no. 10, Normal Theatre, 6850 Halstead Street, Chicago--interior -
Newsie, ten years old. Going into a moving picture theatre with his papers. Location: Schenectady, New York (State) -
In an alley back of a moving picture theatre on First Street. Children were hanging about the "stage" entrance... -
Historic American Buildings Survey Allen Stross, Photographer, October 1970 FOYER - Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, MI -
How to write photoplays -
"American", Conton [i.e., Canton], N.Y. $70,000 moving picture theater erected by Byron H. Rogers, 1921 -
Children in front of moving picture theater, Easter Sunday matinee, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois -
Children in front of moving picture theater, Easter Sunday matinee, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois