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Theater Men and Plaque

Date: 05 02 1961
Description: Three men examining a plaque. The original caption states: "F.J. Williams, left, Portage theater owner and longtime Wisconsin showman, receives a plaque co...
Photograph

The Empire Strikes Back

Date: 06 18 1980
Description: View down street towards a large crowd gathering in a line outside the Orpheum Theatre on State Street for a free 10AM Madison premiere of The Empire St...
Postcard

Dr. W.H. Perrigo Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist

Date: 1907
Description: A horse-drawn cart, marked B.C. Horsch, is waiting near Dr. W.H. Perrigo's veterinary and dental business in the S. Sixth Street neighborhood in Milwaukee....
Postcard

Moving Pictures Building in Durand

Date: 1917
Description: View from across street towards a group of people, four men and a woman, posing in front of a storefront advertising moving pictures for ten cents. Poster...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

The Parkway Theatre

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Description: View from street of the marquee and entrance to the Parkway Theatre at 6 W. Mifflin Street.
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Reierson Studio Storefront

Date: 09 1972
Description: View across sidewalk of the Reierson Photography Studio storefront, in its new location, 14 East Mifflin Street, between adjoining businesses. The Wisconsi...
Photograph

Reierson Studio Storefront

Date: 09 1972
Description: The Reierson Photography Studio storefront, in its new location, 14 East Mifflin Street, between adjoining businesses. The Wisconsin State Capitol is refle...
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Astor Theatre marquee for "The Great Dictator" premiere.

Date: 10 15 1940
Description: Crowds gather in front of the Astor Theatre in New York for the premiere of "The Great Dictator" on October 15, 1940.
Photograph

At the Movies

Date: 10 2013
Description: The movie "Vertigo" playing on a big screen in a darkened movie theater. The scene captured by the camera is of a woman walking along a the edge of the bay...
Photograph

Middleton Movie Theater

Date: 1977
Description: View across street towards the Middleton movie theater, a Quonset hut-style building on the east side of Parmenter Street between North and Franklin Street...
Photograph

Matinee at Sundance Cinema

Date: 11 12 2014
Description: View of a movie screen from the seats in the middle of a theater. There are a few people sitting in the seats in the foreground. On the screen is a scene o...
Photograph

"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...
Photograph

Marquee for "The Dictator" in Havana

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Description: A movie theater marquee on top of a building in Havana advertising Charlie Chaplin's film "The Dictator." The caption below the photograph reads: "HAVANA —...
Photograph

The Majestic Theater

Date: 1973
Description: View across King Street towards the Majestic Theater. The marquee has signs that read: "George Segal, Glenda Jackson, 'A Touch of Class' and 'Continuous Da...
Photograph

Cinema Building Wall Covered with Posters

Date: 
Description: Soldiers posing in front of the cinema building in Antwerp.
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Esquire Movie Theater

Date: 1973
Description: View across East Mifflin Street towards the Esquire Movie Theater. The marquee above the doors reads: "3 Academy Award Nominations including Best Actor, Ja...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Orpheum Theater

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Orpheum Theater, an art deco building with a large electric sign and a marquee. The marquee reads: "Al Pacino in Serpi...
Photograph

Publicity Photograph for "The Great Dictator" at its New York Premiere

Date: 10 15 1940
Description: In the center of a large crowd of people in the Capitol Theatre, actress Paulette Goddard dressed in white smiles for a press photographer just a few feet ...

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