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| Date: | 11 02 1930 |
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| Description: | Group of people, including dwarfs and midgets, posing with "the worlds largest tire" in front of the RKO Orpheum Theatre as part of a promotion for Goodyea... |
| Date: | 04 16 1932 |
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| Description: | Surrounded by onlookers, Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are riding in a wire cage on the back of a "Federal" brand truck. The truck is on the bed of another "F... |
| Date: | 04 16 1932 |
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| Description: | Ole Olson and Chic Johnson milking cows in front of the Orpheum, 216 State Street, promoting their show "Atrocities of 1932" at the Orpheum. |
| Date: | 04 16 1932 |
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| Description: | Olson & Johnson milking cows in front of the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street, promoting their show "Atrocities of 1932." |
| Date: | 05 14 1931 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 05 09 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the front of the Strand Theatre, showing people in line to enter. There is a car with a sign on the roof that is advertising "Shipmates." 16 E. Mif... |
| Date: | 04 11 1931 |
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| Description: | An ambulance carries signs advertising the film, "Mr. Lemon of Orange" in front of the Strand Theatre at 16 E. Mifflin Street. Also on that block are Barto... |
| Date: | 12 27 1930 |
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| Description: | View across street towards an advertisement for the movie "Third Alarm" on the side of a fire wagon with two fire fighters being pulled by horses in front ... |
| Date: | 11 02 1930 |
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| Description: | World's largest Goodyear tire in front of RKO Orpheum theater, 216 State Street, with six people viewing the tire. One man is on top of the tire holding a ... |
| Date: | 10 27 1930 |
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| Description: | F&W Grand store window, located at 15 W. Main Street, displays 33 rpm records, jewelry, and advertising for Amos n' Andy in the film "Check and Double Chec... |
| Date: | 10 28 1930 |
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| Description: | The Capitol Theatre marquee, 209 State Street, advertises Amos 'n Andy in "Check and Double Check" flanked by the Lurose' women's clothing store, 205 State... |
| Date: | 09 27 1930 |
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| Description: | Two men and two boys are standing besides a truck parked on North Pinckney Street which has large signs advertising Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in the ... |
| Date: | 08 15 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man in uniform leading a small parade of children who are holding a sign advertising the movie: "Rain or Shine" playing at the RKO Capit... |
| Date: | 07 31 1930 |
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| Description: | Orpheum advertisement for "The Sap from Syracuse", and a Capitol Theatre advertisement for "Let Us Be Gay" in Collyer's Pharmacy window in the Mayer Buildi... |
| Date: | 07 31 1930 |
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| Description: | Orpheum advertisement for "The Sap from Syracuse," and a Capitol Theatre advertisement for "Let Us Be Gay" in Collyer's Pharmacy window in the Mayer Buildi... |
| Date: | 06 07 1930 |
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| Description: | A man and children are standing under the Capitol Theatre marquee that is promoting the movie "Journey's End," with two men dressed as World War I soldier ... |
| Date: | 05 21 1930 |
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| Description: | Strand Theater, with marquee advertising Warner Baxter and Carol Lombard in "The Arizona Kid," and Collyer's Pharmacy, Kinney Shoes, and a Heinz billboard. |
| Date: | 11 03 1926 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street towards the front of the Orpheum Theater under construction, at 216 State Street. Posters on the temporary wood facade are for th... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Bluff street looking west. Posters are on a wall on the far right next to a building with an awning that reads: "Saloon". |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A man walks across the unpaved street in the Broadway Street business district, with automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles along the curb. There is a hill i... |
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