Collection of Anthony F. Dumas theatre drawings, ca. 1916 – 1942 229 items

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Prepared by Jessica Rozler, Archival Intern October 2012 Additions made by Morgen Stevens-Garmon, Theater Collection Archivist February 2013 Description is in English.

Descriptive Summary Creator: Anthony F. Dumas and Museum of the City of New York Title: Collection of Anthony F. Dumas theatre drawings Dates: ca. 1916 - 1942 Abstract: Pen-and-ink drawings by Anthony F. Dumas of theatres located in , Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. Quantity: 229 items Accession numbers: 75.200.1-169; 75.207.1-60 Language: English Biographical Note: Not much information is available about the life and training of Anthony F. Dumas. His death certificate records his birth on August 30, 1882 in Saint-Anne, France. Both his parents were French, but when he immigrated to the is unclear. The death certificate lists his trade as “ornamental plaster” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He and his wife Marie lived in the Bronx and were residents of for at least the last 17 years of his life. He died at home on January 21, 1943.

Scope and Content The collection contains 228 pen-and-ink of stage and film theatres located in the five boroughs of New York City. All works were created by Anthony F. Dumas sometime between ca. 1916 and 1942. Also included is a floor plan and exterior drawing of the artist’s home. Theatre drawings depict front exteriors and most often feature only one building on a single page. There are at least three works that group performance spaces from different parts of the United States with New York City theatres (75.200.31, 75.200.37 and 75.207.50). Dumas worked from photographs to capture early theatres before they were demolished. He may have also drawn from life.

Arrangement The collection is arranged by accession number and divided into three series based on geography. This arrangement was implemented at the time of accessioning. Objects in Series I begin at the southern tip of Manhattan and work northward to the Bronx and Queens then ending with Staten Island.

Series I: Theatres in Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island Series II: Brooklyn Theatres Series III: Dumas residence

Collection is located onsite at the Museum’s Curatorial Center.

Language of Materials Materials are in English.

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Administrative information Custodial history Information in the transmittal documents indicates works in Series I were inherited by the artist’s niece, Mrs. Andrea Coloa. It is unclear whether the Museum purchased the works directly from Mrs. Coloa or through and intermediary dealer. Objects in Series II and III were donated together by Mr. and Mrs. Roger Coloa.

Preferred citation Title, date. Collection of Anthony F. Dumas theatre drawings. Museum of the City of New York. Accession #.

Acquisition information Series I was purchased for Museum of the City of New York in November 1975, courtesy of the William Penn Association. Series II and III were given as a single gift in December 1975.

Processing information Objects in the collection were digitized at the Museum’s digital lab in September 2011 and cataloged in the first months of 2012 by metadata creator Lauren Robinson. The finding aid was created by archival intern, Jessica Rozler in October 2012. A biographical note was added in February 2013 by Morgen Stevens-Garmon.

Related Material Additional material related to the personalities listed may be found in the Theatrical Personalities files. Additional material related to theatre buildings may be found in the Collection on Theatrical Playhouses.

Other institutions: Anthony F. Dumas drawings in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog. Lee Sievan Collection at the Theatre Historical Society of America.

Access Points Personal names: Barrymore, Ethel, 1879-1959 Bayes, Nora, 1880-1928 Beck, Martin, 1868?-1940 Belasco, David, 1853-1931 Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 Brady, William A., 1863-1950 Broadhurst, George Howells, 1866-1952 Carroll, Earl Dumas, Anthony F. (local authority) Elliott, Maxine, 1868-1940 Eltinge, Julian, 1883-1941 Erlanger, Abraham L., 1859-1930 Fields, Lew, 1867-1941 Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 Fox, William, 1879-1952 Golden, John, 1874-1955 Hammerstein, Oscar, 1846-1919 Harris, Sam Hyde, 1889-1977 Jolson, Al, d. 1950 Keith, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1846-1914 Klaw, Marc, 1858-1936 Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907 Miller, Henry, 1860-1926 Morosco, Oliver, 1876-1945 Shubert, Sam S., 1875-1905 Thomashefsky, Bores, 1866-1939 Wallack, Lester, 1820-1888

Corporate names: Loew’s Incorporated

Topical subjects: Facades--New York (State)--New York Motion picture theaters--New York (State)--New York Music-halls--New York (State)--New York Pen drawing Theaters--New York (State)--New York

Geographic subjects: Astoria (New York, N.Y.) Bay Ridge (New York, N.Y.) Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) Bensonhurst (New York, N.Y.) Borough Park (New York, N.Y.) Bronx (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Brownsville (New York, N.Y.) Bushwick (New York, N.Y.) Chelsea (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.) Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) Corona (New York, N.Y.) Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) East New York (New York, N.Y.) East Village (New York, N.Y.) Elmhurst (New York, N.Y.) Far Rockaway (New York, N.Y.) Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Fordham (New York, N.Y.) Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.) Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.) Hamilton Heights (New York, N.Y.) Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Hell's Kitchen (New York, N.Y.) Jackson Heights (New York, N.Y.) Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) (New York, N.Y.) Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Morris Heights (New York, N.Y.) Morrisania (New York, N.Y.) Mott Haven (New York, N.Y.) Mount Vernon (Westchester County, N.Y.) New York (State) New York (N.Y.) Nolita (New York, N.Y.) Park Slope (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) Rockaway Beach (New York, N.Y.) Saint George (New York, N.Y.) Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) (New York, N.Y.) Union Square (New York, N.Y.) Washington Heights (New York, N.Y.) West Farms (New York, N.Y.) West Village (New York, N.Y.) Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.) Yorkville (New York, N.Y.)

Container List Box 1 Series I: Theatres in Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island Acc# Title Date 75.200.1 New Clinton Theatre 1919 75.200.2 Loew’s Delancy Theatre 1935 75.200.3 Loew’s Commodore Theatre and Loew’s Canal St. Theatre 1927 75.200.4 Thalia Theatre and Atlantic Garden 1919 75.200.5 London Theatre 1930 75.200.6 Peoples Theatre and City Theatre 1934 75.200.7 Miner’s Theatre 1916-1936 75.200.8 Cherry Lane Playhouse, Grove St. Theatre, and Provincetown 1926 Playhouse 75.200.9 Grand Theatre 1929 75.200.10 Fugazy Theatre ca. 1930 75.200.11 The Neighborhood Playhouse 1931 75.200.12 Thomashefsky National Theatre. National Winter Garden (Roof) 1919 75.200.13 David Kessler Theatre. Roof Garden 1916 75.200.14 Public Theatre and Tivoli Theatre 1928 75.200.15 Loew’s Ave. B Theatre 1928 75.200.16 Loew’s Sheridan Theatre 1931 75.200.17 The Yiddish Art Theatre 1928 75.200.18 Star Theatre 1928 75.200.19 Academy of Music, Olympic Theatre, and Tammany Hall ca. 1930 75.200.20 B.F. Kahn Union Square Theatre and Acme Theatre 1928 75.200.21 Fox Dewey Theatre 1929 75.200.22 New Academy of Music 1928 75.200.23 R.K.O. Jefferson Theatre and Loew’s 116th St. Theatre 1935 75.200.24 Irving Place Theatre 1929 75.200.25 Lyceum Theatre 1928 75.200.26 Old 1932 75.200.27 Proctor’s 23rd St. Theatre 1919 75.200.28 Grand Opera House ca. 1930 75.200.29 Madison Sq. Theatre 1919 75.200.30 Chelsea Theatre 1929 75.200.31 Little Playhouse, Westchester Biltmore Theatre, and Bramhall 1935 Playhouse/Davenport Theatre 75.200.32 Wallack’s Theatre and Palmer’s Theatre ca. 1930 75.200.33 Third Ave. Theatre 1919 75.200.34 Loew’s Greeley Sq. Theatre 1928 75.200.35 Bijou Theatre 1919 75.200.36 Koster & Bial’s Music Hall 1932 75.200.37 Savoy Theatre and Pantages Theatre 1934 75.200.38 Manhattan Opera House ca. 1930 75.200.39 New Manhattan Opera House 1932 75.200.40 Herald Sq. Theatre 1929 75.200.41 Garrick Theatre 1926 75.200.42 Maxine Elliott’s Theatre 1926 75.200.43 39th St. Theatre 1926 75.200.44 Princess Theatre 1919 75.200.45 Casino Theatre and Knickerbocker Theatre 1918 75.200.46 Metropolitan Opera House 1935 75.200.47 Empire Theatre 1931 75.200.48 Keith-Albee Broadway 1929 75.200.49 Comedy Theatre 1919 75.200.50 New National Theatre 1929 75.200.51 Hammerstein’s Victoria Theatre 1919 75.200.52 Rialto Theatre 1919 75.200.53 1932 75.200.54 Harris Theatre and Loew’s American Theatre 1916-1936 75.200.55 Loew’s 42nd Street Theatre 1919 75.200.56 Selwyn Theatre 1919 75.200.57 and Eltinge Theatre 1918 75.200.58 Apollo Theatre, Times Sq. Theatre, Lyric Theatre and Republic 1916-1936 Theatre 75.200.59 The Candler Building and Candler Theatre 1916 75.200.60 Henry Miller’s Theatre 1928 75.200.61 The Town Hall 1936 75.200.62 New and New Bijou Theatre 1918 75.200.63 44th St. Theatre and Nora Bayes’ Theatre (Roof) 1919 75.200.64 Little Theatre and Erlanger’s Theatre 1932 75.200.65 Berkeley Lyceum Theatre 1935 75.200.66 Belasco’s Theatre 1934 75.200.67 Chanin’s Majestic Theatre, , and 1927 Sam S. Shubert Theatre 75.200.68 New York Theatre, New York Roof, and Criterion Theatre 1936 75.200.69 New Lyceum Theatre 1934 75.200.70 Booth Theatre and Plymouth Theatre 1931 75.200.71 Royale Theatre and Theatre Masque 1931 75.200.72 Klaw Theatre, , and The 1916-1936 75.200.73 Martin Beck Theatre 1929 75.200.74 Chanin’s 46th Street Theatre 1928 75.200.75 Gaiety Theatre and 1916-1936 75.200.76 Globe Theatre 1934 75.200.77 B.F. Keith’s Palace Theatre 1919 75.200.78 Radio-Keith-Orpheum Mayfair Theatre 1932 75.200.79 1931 75.200.80 Central Theatre 1919 75.200.81 Columbia Theatre 1920 75.200.82 Biltmore Theatre 1931 75.200.83 Mansfield Theatre 1926 75.200.84 and 1919 75.200.85 The Ritz Theatre 1922 75.200.86 Belmont Theatre 1919 75.200.87 William A. Brady’s Playhouse 1920 75.200.88 Wm. A. Brady’s 48th St. Theatre 1920 75.200.89 Edyth Totten Theatre and Charles Hopkin’s Theatre 1927 75.200.90 1934 75.200.91 49th St. Theatre 1928 75.200.92 Ambassador Theatre 1922 75.200.93 The Rivoli Theatre 1917-1936 75.200.94 The Rivoli Theatre 1917-1936 75.200.95 Forrest Hotel and Forrest Theatre 1928 75.200.96 Waldorf Theatre 1927 75.200.97 1927 75.200.98 Loew’s Lexington Theatre 1929 75.200.99 Capital Theatre 1920 75.200.100 Theatre Guild and Iceland 1919-1932 75.200.101 Alvin Theatre 1928 75.200.102 Hammerstein Theatre 1928 75.200.103 Gallo Theatre 1928 75.200.104 American Laboratory Theatre 1928 75.200.105 Carnegie Hall 1935 75.200.106 John Golden’s Theatre 1926 75.200.107 Proctor’s 58th Street Theatre 1919 75.200.108 F. F. Proctor’s New 58th St. Theatre 1929 75.200.109 Plaza Theatre 1930 75.200.110 Plaza Theatre 1919

Box 2 75.200.111 Jolson’s 59th Street Theatre 1923 75.200.112 1936 75.200.113 Circle Theatre 1935 75.200.114 B.F. Keith’s Colonial Theatre 1919 75.200.115 Daly’s 63rd Street Theatre 1923 75.200.116 Loew’s Lincoln Sq. Theatre 1932 75.200.117 Loew’s 72nd Street Theatre 1932 75.200.118 Proctor’s 86th Street Theatre 1928 75.200.119 Yorkville Theatre 1930 75.200.120 Loew’s Orpheum Theatre 1916-1936 75.200.121 Stoddard Theatre 1935 75.200.122 B.F. Keith’s Riverside Theatre and Shubert Riviera Theatre 1918 75.200.123 Crotona Theatre and Star Theatre 1935 75.200.124 Mount Morris Theatre 1934 75.200.125 Regent Theatre 1929 75.200.126 Loew’s Seventh Ave. Theatre 1939 75.200.127 Apollo Theatre and Harlem Opera House 1931 75.200.128 Gotham Theatre 1932 75.200.129 Loew’s Victoria Theatre 1917-1936 75.200.130 West End Theatre and Hurting and Seamon’s - Apollo 1935 125th Street Theatre 75.200.131 Annex Theatre and Odeon Theatre 1919 75.200.132 F. F. Proctor’s 125th Street Theatre 1929 75.200.133 B. F. Keith’s Alhambra Theatre 1919 75.200.134 Lincoln Theatre 1919 75.200.135 Willis Theatre 1928 75.200.136 Metropolis Theatre 1930 75.200.137 Keith-Albee Hamilton Theatre 1916-1936 75.200.138 Fox Washington Theatre 1920 75.200.139 Loew’s National Theatre 1934 75.200.140 America Theatre 1933 75.200.141 Prospect Theatre and Loew’s Victory Theatre 1934 75.200.142 David V. Picker’s Rio Theatre 1920 75.200.143 Audubon Theatre 1916-1936 75.200.144 Tower Theatre 1916-1936 75.200.145 Loew’s Spooner Theatre 1931 75.200.146 McKinley Sq. Theatre 1935 75.200.147 Loew’s Elsmere Theatre 1931 75.200.148 B. S. Moss Coliseum Theatre 1920 75.200.149 Wadsworth Theatre 1939 75.200.150 B. S. Moss Franklin Theatre 1924 75.200.151 B. F. Keith’s Royal Theatre 1916-1936 75.200.152 B. F. Keith’s Fordham Theatre 1924 75.200.153 Loew’s Boulevard Theatre 1935 75.200.154 Windsor Theatre 1929 75.200.155 Fox Park Plaza Theatre 1929 75.200.156 Keith-Albee Chester Theatre 1928 75.200.157 Ward and Glynn’s Astoria Theatre 1921 75.200.158 Loew’s Triboro Theatre 1936 75.200.159 Queensboro Theatre 1935 75.200.160 Loew’s Plaza Theatre 1936 75.200.161 Loew’s Hillside Theatre 1929 75.200.162 Mutual Theatre 1929 75.200.163 Loew’s Valencia Theatre 1929 75.200.164 Werba’s Jamaica Theatre 1929 75.200.165 Jamaica Theatre 1933 75.200.166 Boulevard Theatre 1936 75.200.167 Keith-Albee Flushing Theatre 1929 75.200.168 Loew’s Prospect Theatre 1929 75.200.169 St. George Theatre 1938

Series II: Brooklyn theatres 75.207.1 Mark Strand Theatre 1919 75.207.2 The Brooklyn Academy of Music 1935 75.207.3 Loew’s Metropolitan Theatre 1919 75.207.4 Grand Opera House 1929 75.207.5 Teller’s Shubert Theatre 1929 75.207.6 Shubert Crescent Theatre 1923 75.207.7 Mark Strand Theatre and Majestic Theatre 1919 75.207.8 B. F. Keith’s Prospect Theatre 1916 75.207.9 B. F. Keith’s Bushwick Theatre 1916 75.207.10 Loew’s Gates Theatre 1923 75.207.11 B. S. Moss Flatbush Theatre 1923 75.207.12 Riviera Theatre 1923 75.207.13 William Fox Savoy Theatre 1927 75.207.14 Gayety Theatre 1927 75.207.15 Star Theatre 1928 75.207.16 Loew’s Alpin Theatre 1928 75.207.17 Loew’s Columbia Theatre 1929 75.207.18 Amphion Theatre 1929 75.207.19 Keith-Albee Madison Theatre 1929 75.207.20 Keith-Albee Kenmore Theatre 1929 75.207.21 Loew’s Premier Theatre 1929 75.207.22 Fox Theatre 1929 75.207.23 Loew’s Kings Theatre 1929 75.207.24 Fox Folly Theatre 1929 75.207.25 B. F. Keith’s Greenpoint Theatre 1929 75.207.26 Loew’s Palace Theatre 1929 75.207.27 Fulton Theatre 1930 75.207.28 Empire Theatre 1930 75.207.29 Loew’s Coney Island Theatre 1930 75.207.30 Loew’s Borough Park Theatre 1930 75.207.31 Myrtle Theatre 1931 75.207.32 Fox Bay Ridge Theatre 1931 75.207.33 Albermarle [Albemarle] Theatre 1931 75.207.34 Alhambra Theatre 1932 75.207.35 Hopkinson Theatre 1932 75.207.36 Imperial Theatre 1933 75.207.37 1933 75.207.38 Orpheum Theatre 1933 75.207.39 Loew’s Bedford Theatre 1933 75.207.40 New Montauk Theatre 1933 75.207.41 Morrison’s Theatre 1933 75.207.42 Putnam Theatre 1933 75.207.43 Oxford Theatre 1933 75.207.44 Liberty Theatre 1933 75.207.45 New Casino Theatre 1934 75.207.46 Bijou Theatre 1934 75.207.47 Phillip’s Lyceum Theatre 1935 75.207.48 Loew’s Oriental Theatre 1935 75.207.49 Novelty Theatre 1935 75.207.50 Orpheum Theatre, Comedy Theatre “The Bum” and Orpheum 1935 Theatre 75.207.51 Dekalb Theatre 1935 75.207.52 Henderson’s Music Hall & Restaurant 1935 75.207.53 RKO Dyker Theatre 1935 75.207.54 Loew’s Melba Theatre and Halsey Theatre 1936 75.207.55 Loew’s Pitkin Theatre 1936 75.207.56 Royal Theatre 1937 75.207.57 Ridgewood Theatre 1939 75.207.58 Brooklyn Paramount Theatre 1929 75.207.59 & Hudson Apartments 1919

Series III: Dumas residence 75.207.60 Our Home [Plan of Dumas residence.] 1918