Name/Title
GROUP WATCHING A FILM, AUDITORIUM, WORKMAN HOMESTEADEntry/Object ID
99.5.48.1073Description
GROUP WATCHING A FILM, AUDITORIUM, WORKMAN HOMESTEAD
Color: Black; White
A black and white reproduction photograph of the interior of the Workman Homestead auditorium during a motion picture screening, ca. 1920. A group of some 100 persons seated in metal chairs in several rows and standing in the back are looking toward the stage, where the photographer stood. Over the doors at the back, accessed by stairs leading from the right or south is a platform on which two men are standing next to a film projector. The floor is parquet wood and there are arched alcoves on the sides, where at the far right are some pool table equipment, as well as more on the back wall to the left of the door. Among those seated are the Temple family with Wally and Edgar in the front row on either side of the aisle, Thomas at the left of the aisle in the second row, Agnes second from the right in the fourth row and Mr. and Mrs. Temple seated at the back right next to the stairs. Walter Temple's two sisters, Margarita and Lucinda, are also at the back right. This former winery, built by William Workman, was converted to the auditorium in 1919-20, hence the estimated date. There evidently were several tears in the original which are noticeable. At the upper left of the reverse is the penciled number "2" within a circle. In the lower center is the penciled "50%," while at the lower left is the number "35718." With little indication of wear or damage, the artifact is in good condition.
Number-Units: 1Lexicon
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Two-dimensional, Photographs, Motion picture projectors