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MGM Traveling Theatre
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Crowd assembled outside the RKO Orpheum Theatre to watch "Tugboat Annie" on MGM's traveling theatre. Speths Clothing and other businesses in the 200 block of State Street are further down the street.
August 17, 1933
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Orpheum Theatre Marquee
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Orpheum Theatre Marquee at Night
October 4, 1937
Orpheum Theatre marquee advertising "Lost Horizon" starring Ronald Colman. 216 State Street.
Orpheum Theatre at Night
January 24, 1936
The Orpheum Theatre canopy and sign at night on the 200 block of State Street. The Orpheum Theatre marquee notes: "Shep Fields" on stage, and "Kind Lady" on screen. The Capitol Theatre marquee acro...
New Orpheum Theatre
April 10, 1927
Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street. View includes Speths Clothing, Weber's Restaurant, Family Shoe Store, Rentschler Floral Co. Featured photoplay is "Wolf's Clothing."
Orpheum Theater
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"Gold Diggers of 1933" on Orpheum Theater marquee, 216 State Street. The entrance to Weber's Restaurant is on the left side of the theater.
Crowd in front of Orpheum Theatre
March 19, 1936
View from street towards a crowd lined up in front of Orpheum Theater to see Jan Garber orchestra and revue and Gene Raymond in "Love on a Bet," 200 block of State Street showing many of the busin...
