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Capitol Theatre and Orpheum Theater Ushers

Date: 09 07 1930
Description: Group portrait of Capitol Theatre and Orpheum Theater ushers.
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Theater Ushers

Date: 09 07 1930
Description: Group portrait of Capitol Theatre and Orpheum Theater ushers.
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Orpheum and Capitol Theater Ushers

Date: 02 01 1931
Description: Group portrait of Capitol and Orpheum theater staff and ushers in uniform, standing and sitting around the Capitol Theatre lobby fountain.
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Ushers

Date: 12 18 1929
Description: Group portrait of ushers, all male, at the Capitol Theatre.
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Theater Ushers

Date: 02 01 1931
Description: Orpheum and Capitol theatre ushers listening to a talk about fire prevention as they are standing beneath a marquee that advertises the epic "Cimarron."
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Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view from street towards ushers posing in front of the Capitol Theatre. The marquee reads: "Maurice Chevalier in 'The Love Parade.'"
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Capitol Theatre Entrance

Date: 08 15 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre entrance advertising "Joe Cook Rain or Shine." The doorman is standing at the entrance with a child. 209 State Street.
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"Monte Carlo"

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Display advertising "Monte Carlo" movie featuring roulette wheel in Capitol lobby? A man is standing behind a table on the right.
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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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Evan M. Hughes, Capitol Theatre Doorman

Date: 05 17 1945
Description: Evan M. Hughes, 68, a war-time replacement as doorman at the Capitol Theatre. Mr. Hughes had a son, Pvt. Robert E. Hughes, who was a prisoner of war by the...
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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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Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 08 17 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre marquee at 209 State Street reads: "Eric Remarque's World's Best-Seller 'All Quiet on the Western Front,'" with usher and several bystander...
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RKO Parade Float

Date: 06 05 1931
Description: RKO parade float, with people on the float and ushers standing beside, advertising "cool and comfortable as a summer vacation" for the Orpheum and Capitol ...
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Dane and Arthur in Lobby of Park Hotel

Date: 11 30 1930
Description: Karl Dane and George K. Arthur, Hollywood movie stars, standing in the lobby at the Park Hotel. Left to right: Harold S. Knudson, assistant manager of the ...

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