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F&W Grand "Check and Double Check" Window Display

Date: 10 27 1930
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...
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Telegram

Date: 10 27 1930
Description: Oversized telegram displayed in a empty store window and addressed to Mayor Albert G. Schmedeman inviting him to see the motion picture "Check and Double C...
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Advertisement for Movie "Africa Speaks"

Date: 10 10 1930
Description: Man dressed as an African standing beside poster advertising the movie, "Africa Speaks," in front of the Capitol Theatre, 209 State Street.
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Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 08 24 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre marquee advertising "Dixiana." 209 State Street.
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Orpheum Advertisement in Window

Date: 07 31 1930
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...
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Two World War One Soldiers at Capitol Theatre

Date: 06 07 1930
Description: Two men dressed as "Doughboys" at the Capitol Theatre entrance, promoting the movie "Journey's End" at 209 State Street.
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Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 06 07 1930
Description: View from street of the facade of the Capitol Theatre at 209 State Street. The marquee is advertising the movie, "Journey's End." There is a crowd on the s...
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Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 06 07 1930
Description: View from street of the facade of the Capitol Theatre at 209 State Street. The marquee is advertising the movie, "Journey's End." There is a crowd on the s...
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Strand Theatre

Date: 05 21 1930
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.
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Eastwood Theatre Organ

Date: 01 10 1930
Description: An organist is playing the Eastwood Theatre organ, located at 2090 Atwood Avenue. The organ grill is in the background on the far wall.
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Capitol Theatre Lobby

Date: 11 22 1929
Description: Capitol Theatre lobby with a Harold Lloyd sign. Text on poster reads: "Harold Lloyd," "Welcome Danger," and "Hear him talk."
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Capitol Theatre Lobby

Date: 11 22 1929
Description: View from street of the facade of the Capitol Theatre with marquee advertising "Harold Lloyd," "Welcome Danger," and "His first all talking comedy thrille...
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Marbro Theater

Date: 04 06 1933
Description: International A-3 armor plated Brinks truck parked outside of the Marbro Theater in Chicago. The theater's marquee advertises "Cohens & Kellys in Hollywood...
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The Big Parade Marquee

Date: 1927
Description: A crowd is gathered around MGM's "trackless train" outside the Astor Theater where "The Big Parade" is showing. Also visible is a gigantic advertisement fo...
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"Our Daily Bread" Movie Still

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: A woman, possibly actress Mary Duncan, sits behind the wheel of a McCormick-Deering tractor while a man stands beside her on the set of the Fox Film produc...
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Zilphia Horton Operating Film Projector

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Description: Zilphia Horton(?) learning to operate a film projector at Highlander Folk School. Three people observe behind her.
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Woman With Baby On Screen

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Description: A woman with a large projected image of a baby behind her. Possibly a film being screened at Highlander Folk School.
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War Movie Advertisement

Date: 07 1942
Description: Photographic copy of an advertisement featuring two film strips with scenes from the movies "The Strong Shall be Free" and "The Marines Have Landed." The m...
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Publicity Still from The Importance of Being Earnest

Date: 1952
Description: Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, and Michael Denison in The Importance of Being Earnest (British Film Makers, 1952). Beatrice Dawson designed the costum...
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Stanley Holloway and Alec Guiness in The Lavender Hill Mob

Date: 1951
Description: Publicity still of Stanley Holloway (playing Alfred Pendlebury) and Alec Guiness (Henry Holland) contemplating a souvenir Eiffel Tower paperweight in Charl...

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