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Carver Theater, First Home of the ANM

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Creator:
Unknown
Title:
Carver Theater, First Home of the ANM
Date:
1967
Notes:
Featured in the Torch, September 1977. A copy can also be found in Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder September 1977. See also negative #90-13510 for a different view
Summary:
The Carver Theater, before its renovation for the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, located on Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave in Anacostia. The Museum opened in September 1967 and remained at this location until April 1987, when it moved to its present location, 1901 Fort Place, S.E., Washington, D.C., and renamed Anacostia Museum. The museum is now known as the Anacostia Community Museum
Restrictions:
No restrictions
Topics:
African Americans, Buildings--Repair and reconstruction, Carver Theater, Museum buildings, Theaters, New Museums, Museums
Subjects:
Anacostia Community Museum, Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Form/Genre:
Photographic print, Exterior
Local Number:
92-1790
Physical Description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print
Full Record:
http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sichronology&uri=full=3100001~!8698~!0#focus
Carver Theater, First Home of the ANM, by Unknown, 1967, Smithsonian Archives - History Div, 92-1790.

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