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Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view from street towards ushers posing in front of the Capitol Theatre. The marquee reads: "Maurice Chevalier in 'The Love Parade.'"
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Flannery and Wohlenberg in front of Madison Theatre

Date: 11 19 1936
Description: Flannery and Wohlenberg standing on the sidewalk in front of the Madison Theatre. A woman is inside the ticket booth.
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Advertising Signs for Wallace Beery

Date: 05 14 1931
Description: Man standing beside advertising signs for Wallace Beery in "The Secret Six — The answer to gang rule in America." Taken in front of the Strand Theatre.
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Advertisement for Movie "Lightnin'"

Date: 01 10 1931
Description: Advertisement for Movie "Lightnin'" starring Will Rogers. The marquee at the Strand Theatre reads: "Break all dates — see Will Rogers in Lightnin." 16 E. M...
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Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 08 17 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre marquee at 209 State Street reads: "Eric Remarque's World's Best-Seller 'All Quiet on the Western Front,'" with usher and several bystander...
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Capitol Theatre Entrance

Date: 08 15 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre entrance advertising "Joe Cook Rain or Shine." The doorman is standing at the entrance with a child. 209 State Street.
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Children Line Up for Free Movie

Date: 08 27 1948
Description: Children lined up on sidewalk in front of L. Wieman Co. Store, 205-07 State Street, to attend a free back-to-school movie party at the Capitol Theatre. In ...
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"Foreign Correspondent" Premiere

Date: 1940
Description: View from street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square. There is a large crowd on the sidewalk outside the theater. The marquee says the premiere of the fi...
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Long Voyage Home Marquee

Date: 1940
Description: View down sidewalk towards people standing in a line outside a movie theater showing the film The Long Voyage Home. Many people are holding umbrella...
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"Blockade" Blankets Havana

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Description: Movie theater marquee in Havana, Cuba advertising the 1938 film "Blockade" starring Henry Fonda. There is a man dressed in white standing on the sidewalk b...
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Anna Weber Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Anna Weber Building. The upper two floors are apartments. The ground floor is split into two businesses: on the left i...
Postcard

Palace Theatre

Date: 1932
Description: Text on front reads: "Palace Theatre, Superior, Wis." A brick theatre with many windows and ornate decorative elements on the exterior. A child is on the s...

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