National Theater: Detroit. and National Theater Buillding. on Monroe east of Woodward

Description:
Exterior view of the National Theater on Monroe Street in Detroit, Michigan. The building designed by Albert Kahn in Art Nouveau style opened in 1911 as a vaudeville house, later it was a movie theater and then a burlesque house, in the 1960's it's name changed to the Palace and it showed adult films, it closed in 1975.
Notes:
Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
Date Issued:
1964-10-16T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
Collection:
Virtual Motor City
Place:
Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, and Detroit
Subject Topic:
Theaters, Art nouveau (Architecture), and Burlesque (Theater)
Subject Name:
Kahn, Albert and 1869-1942
Format:
photographs
Rights:
Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University
URL:
http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc43971_1