Image: Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U Street, next to Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C LCCN2011631585
Description: Title: Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U Street, next to Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C Physical description: 1 transparency : color ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller. Notes: Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:124).; The theater, located on "Washington's Black Broadway," served the city's African American community when segregation kept them out of other venues. It included a movie house and ballroom, and hosted jazz and big band performers such as Duke Ellington. The theater closed after the 1968 race-related riots. It was restored and reopened in 1994.; Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.; Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images.
Title: Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U Street, next to Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C LCCN2011631585
Credit: Library of Congress Catalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2011631585 Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/highsm/13300/13391a.tif Original url: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.13391
Author: Carol M. Highsmith
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