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New Orleans, c. late 1935. "Movie theatre on Saint Charles Street. Liberty Theater, New Orleans, Louisiana". View shows a portion of the front of the cinema, entrance doors (roped off) and ticket booth, advertisements for the currently showing film "The Rainmakers", and large containers of Morton's Salt apparently for a commercial promotion. |
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Photograph by Walker Evans for the United States Farm Security Administration; which was later transfered to the Office of War Information Photograph Collection and thence to the Library of Congress, where this digital copy can be found at [1] |
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LOC site says "1935 or 1936". Film "The Rainmakers" is listed by IMDB as being released 25 October 1935, making late 1935 the most likely date for this photo. |
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Walker Evans |
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