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Crystal Theater

Date: 1912
Description: The Crystal Theater at N. 2nd Street between W. Wisconsin Avenue and W. Wells Street.
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Children outside Theater

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Description: A large crowd of children are gathered outside the Alhambra theater. The children, all boys, fill the sidewalk, and are being herded by a man on the left. ...
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Theater Line on Street at Uptown Theatre

Date: 02 02 1946
Description: View across intersection towards a line of people formed down and around a street corner at the Uptown Theatre. The marquee advertises showings of "San Ant...
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"Dillinger" Set in Milwaukee

Date: 1990
Description: Warehouse in Milwaukee's historic Third Ward transformed for its appearance in a made-for-TV movie as the Biograph Theatre in Chicago, where John Dillinger...
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Butterfly Theater

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Description: Exterior view at night of the Butterfly Theater, 212 West Wisconsin Avenue, from the street. Early advertisements proclaimed it to be "Milwaukee's movie pa...

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