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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Rivoli Theater in Times Square the night the film "Foreign Correspondent" premiered there. Above the marquee is a large banner covering the front of th... |
| Date: | 05 02 1961 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 18 1980 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| 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.... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 15 1940 |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, and Tim Durant pose for the photographers in the crowded lobby of the Capitol Theatre during the premiere of "The Great ... |
| Date: | 09 1972 |
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| Description: | View across sidewalk of the Reierson Photography Studio storefront, in its new location, 14 East Mifflin Street, between adjoining businesses. The Wisconsi... |
| Date: | 09 1972 |
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| Description: | The Reierson Photography Studio storefront, in its new location, 14 East Mifflin Street, between adjoining businesses. The Wisconsin State Capitol is refle... |
| Date: | 10 15 1940 |
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| Description: | Crowds gather in front of the Astor Theatre in New York for the premiere of "The Great Dictator" on October 15, 1940. |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of a six-story corner hotel. Automobiles are parked at the curb. The cinema next door is showing Richard Arlen in "Burning Up." Cap... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 15 1940 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 10 15 1940 |
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| Description: | In the center of a large crowd of people in the lobby of the Capitol Theatre, actress Paulette Goddard dressed in white is smiling broadly as is Charlie Ch... |
| Date: | 10 15 1940 |
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| Description: | Crowds gathering under the marquee of the Capitol Theatre for the New York premiere of Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" the evening of October 15, 19... |
| Date: | 10 15 1940 |
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| Description: | Crowds gather under the marquee of the Capitol Theatre for the New York premiere of Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" the evening of October 15, 1940.... |
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