File:LibertyTheaterNOLAEvans.jpg
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English: New Orleans, c. late 1935. "Movie theatre on Saint Charles Street. Liberty Theater, 420 St. Charles Avenue, 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, accompanied by posters and mockups of Morton's Salt containers, apparently for a commercial promotion. The theater was later demolished, and as of 1980 the location is now occupied by the Pan American Life Center, 601 Poydras Street. |
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1935–1936 (Library of Congress). English: 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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English: Photograph by Walker Evans for the United States Farm Security Administration; which was later transferred to the Office of War Information Photograph Collection and thence to the Library of Congress.
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This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information domestic photographic units, taken as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States. See Copyright. | 
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| current | 23:00, 25 March 2009 |  | 4,729 × 3,754 (10.11 MB) | Infrogmation | From same LOC source; from high res TIFF, converted to .jpg and border cropped |
| 16:25, 28 December 2007 |  | 1,024 × 817 (179 KB) | Infrogmation | {{Information |Description= New Orleans, c. late 1935. "Movie theatre on Saint Charles Street. Liberty Theater, New Orleans, Louisiana". <p> View shows a portion of the front of the cinema, with advertisements for the currently showing film "The Rai |
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