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Ashton Theater

Ashton Theater

Ashton Theater, 1929
Michael D’Orsi and Ferdinand Lucien Rousseve
Hollygrove, New Orleans, Louisiana

All photographs by Chris Daemmrich, 2021
Licensed under Creative Commons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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View of Ashton Theater main entrance, across Apple Street

View of Ashton Theater in context along Apple Street, looking uptown

View of Joliet Street side of Ashton Theater from corner of Apple and Joliet, looking downtown

View of main entrance steps and former ticket booth location, Ashton Theater

View from hallway into auditorium, Ashton Theater

View of auditorium looking toward Joliet Street wall, Ashton Theater

 

Detail of marquee and main entrance on Apple Street, Ashton Theater

View from corner of Apple and Joliet Streets, Ashton Theater

View of Joliet Street of Ashton Theater, at rear, with adjacent residential context

View of Joliet Street side, Ashton Theater

View of main entrance steps and movie poster vitrine, Ashton Theater

View of auditorium from main floor looking toward screen, Ashton Theater

View of auditorium from balcony toward screen, Ashton Theater, showing pulley system installed during building’s use as a studio by sculptor Lin Emery from the 1980s to 2021