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Collecting Money for Empty Stocking Club

Date: 12 09 1932
Description: Dorothy Hoffman, member of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority, is shown dropping money into milk bottle held by Harley Droster, an usher at the Orpheum Theatre. Mone...
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Orpheum Theatre Ushers

Date: 04 24 1932
Description: Orpheum and Capitol ushers relaxing at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street, where "Tarzan the Ape Man" is showing, at a kickoff for the Milk Bottle Fund ...
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Collection of Food for Salvation Army

Date: 12 23 1930
Description: Collection of food for Salvation Army. Shows four men, two in uniform, and two wearing suits, in the Strand theater lobby.
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Wishing Well in Capitol Theatre

Date: 11 29 1949
Description: Robert Hoffman dropping coins into the wishing well at the Capitol Theatre for the Empty Stocking Club and the Kiddie Camp fund to "Help Bring Happiness to...
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Theaters Collect Money for Polio Fund

Date: 01 31 1958
Description: March of Dimes treasurer, Frank Sackman, holding a check for money collected in four local theaters for the infantile paralysis fund campaign by teenage vo...

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