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Madam Walker Theatre Center : an Indianapolis treasure
- Title
- Madam Walker Theatre Center : an Indianapolis treasure / A'Lelia Bundles.
- Author
- Bundles, A'Lelia Perry.
- Publication
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2012]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PN2277.I52 M333 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 127 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "As they watched construction of the block-long flatiron building brick by brick throughout 1927, African American residents of Indianapolis could scarcely contain their pride. This new headquarters of the Madam C.J. Walker manufacturing Company, with its terra-cotta trimmed facade, was to be more than corporate offices and a factory for what then was one of America's most successful black businesses. In fact, it was designed as "a city within a city," with an African Art Deco theater, ballroom, restaurant, drugstore, beauty salon, beauty school, and medical offices. Generations of African American families met for Sunday dinner at the Coffee Pot, enjoyed first-run movies and live perfromances in the Walker Theatre, and hosted dances in the Casino. Today, this National Historic Landmark is an arts center anchoring the Indiana Avenue Cultural District." --Back cover.
- Series Statement
- Images of America
- Uniform Title
- Images of America
- Subjects
- Theaters
- African Americans
- Ouvrages illustrés
- Pictorial works
- History
- Biographies
- Illustrated works
- illustrated books
- Madame Walker Theatre Center (Indianapolis, Ind.)
- Indiana > Indianapolis
- Manners and customs
- African Americans > Social life and customs
- Indianapolis (Ind.) > Biography > Pictorial works
- Indianapolis (Ind.) > History > Pictorial works
- Indianapolis (Ind.) > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
- Theaters > Indiana > Indianapolis > History > Pictorial works
- African Americans > Indiana > Indianapolis > Biography > Pictorial works
- African Americans > Indiana > Indianapolis > History > Pictorial works
- African Americans > Indiana > Indianapolis > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
- Walker, C. J., Madam, 1867-1919 > Pictorial works
- Madame Walker Theatre Center (Indianapolis, Ind.) History > Pictorial works
- Genre/Form
- illustrated books.
- Illustrated works
- Biographies
- History
- Pictorial works
- Illustrated works.
- Ouvrages illustrés.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 126).
- ISBN
- 9781467110877
- 1467110876
- LCCN
- 2013937113
- OCLC
- ocn876900615
- 876900615
- SCSB-9433268
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library