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Description
Title
Rialto
Theatre
interior
.
Contributors
Joseph & Joseph (architect)
Description
Address
:
616
S
.
Fourth
Street
(Demolished
,
1969)
. This
is
the
grand
staircase
to the
promenade
of the
Rialto
Theatre
. The
staircase
appears
to be
made
of
marble
with
tile
flooring
.
Modeled
on the
Capitol
Theater
in
New
York
City
,
only
the
best
of
materials
were
used
in
Louisville's
"
Million
Dollar
Movie
House
" and they were
incorporated
into
designs
intended
to
dazzle
.
Crystal
chandeliers
and
brass
torchères
adorned
the
lobby
,
where
a
white
marble
stairway
led
to an
upper
level
promenade
whose
walls
were
hung
with
blue
silk
damask
,
arabesqued
in
gold
. The
area
was
illuminated
with
eighteen-light
candelabra
. The
portals
on the
left
led
to a
balcony
,
which
combined
with the
main
level
gave
the
theater
a
capacity
of
thirty-five
hundred
people
.
Handwritten
on
back
: "
Rialto
Theater
(?)
".
Subject
Buildings
Theaters
Cultural facilities
Rialto Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Location Depicted
Jefferson County (Ky.)
Louisville (Ky.)
Fourth Street (Louisville, Ky.)
Central Business District (Louisville, Ky.)
Date Original
1921
Object Type
Photographic prints
Source
8 x 10 in. b&w photographic print. Item no. ULPA 1984.01.024 in the Joseph & Joseph Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/kyimages#conditions
for guidance on citing this item. To cite the digital version, add its Reference URL (found by following the link in the header above the digital file).
Collection
Images of Kentucky and Environs
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/kyimages/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA
1984.01.024
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