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Washington Theatre ca. 1910 Thomas W. Lamb's (1871-1942) Washington Theatre, at 1801-1807 Amsterdam Avenue and 149th Street, was more modestly made of tapestry brick and used comic and tragic masks as keystones. Here, the proscenium painting was an eighteenth-century pastoral scene; the fireproof asbestos stage curtain displayed Washington crossing the Delaware. Today, the building serves as the Childs Memorial Temple Church of God in Christ and was the setting of Malcolm X in 1965.
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Washington Theatre
Theatre, Washington, Amsterdam Ave. & 149th Street, Interiors. The auditorium of the Washington Theatre, located on Amsterdam Avenue at 149th Street, New York City.
Washington Theatre
Theatre, Washington, Amsterdam Ave. & 149th Street, Interiors. The auditorium of the Washington Theatre, located on Amsterdam Avenue at 149th Street, New York City.
Washington Theatre
Theatre, Washington, Amsterdam Ave. & 149th Street, Interiors. The auditorium of the Washington Theatre, located on Amsterdam Avenue at 149th Street, New York City.
Washington Theatre
Theatre, Washington, Amsterdam Ave. & 149th Street, Interiors. The detailing and painting above the procenium of the Washington Theatre, located on Amsterdam Avenue at 149th Street, New York City. The stage curtain, painted with a reproduction of Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Deleware," is also visible.
Washington Theatre
Theatre, Washington, Amsterdam Ave. & 149th Street, Interiors. Facade of the Washington Theatre, located on Amsterdam Avenue at 149th Street, New York City.
Washington Theatre
Theatre, Washington, Amsterdam Ave. & 149th Street, Interiors.
Washington Theatre
Theatre, Washington, Amsterdam Ave. & 149th Street, Interiors. The auditorium of the Washington Theatre, located on Amsterdam Avenue at 149th Street, New York City.
Washington Theatre
Theatre, Washington, Amsterdam Ave. & 149th Street, Interiors.
Washington Theatre
Theatre, Washington, Amsterdam Ave. & 149th Street, Interiors. Facade of the Washington Theatre, located on Amsterdam Avenue at 149th Street, New York City.
Washington Theatre
Theatre, Washington, Amsterdam Ave. & 149th Street, Interiors. The orchestra and box seats of the house at Washington Theatre located on Amsterdam Avenue at 149th Street, New York City.
Washington Theatre
Theatre, Washington, Amsterdam Ave. & 149th Street, Interiors. The detailing and painting above the procenium of the Washington Theatre located on Amsterdam Avenue at 149th Street, New York City. The stage curtain is painted with a reproduction of Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Deleware".
Washington Theatre
Theatre, Washington, Amsterdam Ave. & 149th Street, Interiors. The Washington Theatre located on Amsterdam Avenue at 149th Street, New York City.
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