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New Orpheum Theatre
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The Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street. The view also includes Weber's Restaurant, the Family Shoe Store, Rennebohm's Drug Store, and the Madison Theater. The featured photoplay is "Wolf's Clothing."
April 10, 1927
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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New Orpheum Theatre
April 10, 1927
Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street. View includes Speths Clothing, Weber's Restaurant, Family Shoe Store, Rentschler Floral Co. Featured photoplay is "Wolf's Clothing."
Orpheum Theatre Marquee
September 9, 1936
Orpheum Theatre marquee, 216 State Street, featuring William Powell, Myrna Loy and Luise Rainer in "The Great Ziegfeld." View also includes Weber's Restaurant and the Thom McAn shoe store.
Orpheum Theatre
April 10, 1927
Elevated view of buildings in the 200 block of State Street, with the Orpheum Theatre as a focal point. The theatre marquee reads "New Orpheum." Next door to the theatre on the right is The Family ...
Orpheum Theater
August 6, 1933
"Gold Diggers of 1933" on Orpheum Theater marquee, 216 State Street. The entrance to Weber's Restaurant is on the left side of the theater.
Orpheum Theatre Ushers
April 10, 1927
Group portrait of new Orpheum Theatre ushers. Behind the group is a statue of a boy with a goat on a pedestal near the "Aisle 2" doors to the auditorium.
Orpheum Theater Under Construction
1926
View across W. Johnson Street towards the back side of the Orpheum Theater under construction at 216 State Street. The house beside the theater on the left is at 117 W. Johnson Street. Men are stan...
