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Theater, Stanley, North Dakota

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ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleTheater, Stanley, North Dakota
DateOctober 1937
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 7/16 × 7 3/4 in. (18.9 × 19.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/16 in. (25.4 × 20.5 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.1.158
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a straight, frontal view of the facade of a theatre that features two diamond shaped windows and a checkerboard design. The theatre is on an empty street and there are various posters for shows posted on either side of the main double-doors. A door to the viewer's left of the entrance has a sign that reads,

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a straight, frontal view of the facade of a theatre that features two diamond shaped windows and a checkerboard design. The theatre is on an empty street and there are various posters for shows posted on either side of the main double-doors. A door to the viewer's left of the entrance has a sign that reads, "THE | SPOT."

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"Theater, Stanley, North Dakota | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=79.200.XX.1.158