ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH / mrg 05858 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.05858

Egyptian Theater, De Kalb, Illinois

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DeKalb, Illinois

DeKalb built a movie palace whose promise of escape began before the ticket was purchased.

THE ORIGINAL RECORD

Photographer: Margolies, John
Photographed: 1977.
Location: United States--Illinois--De Kalb
Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Digital ID: mrg 05858 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.05858
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-mrg-05858 (digital file from original color transparency)
Call number: LC-MA05- 5858 [P&P]
Subjects: Theaters--1970-1980.
United States--Illinois--De Kalb.
Illinois--De Kalb
Theaters--1970-1980
United States--Illinois--De Kalb
Margolies categories: Not recorded
Rights advisory — Library of Congress: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
Rights & attribution ↗
Original catalog notes: Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Margolies category: Theaters.
Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142).
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Source: Library of Congress record ↗ · Image resource ↗
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