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Image of Performers on the stage of the Palace Hip Theater, April 21, 1927
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Performers on the stage of the Palace Hip Theater, April 21, 1927

Vaudeville was a popular form of live entertainment in the 1920s. The Palace Hip was one of Seattle's most popular vaudeville theaters. It cost only ten cents to see seven live performances of singing, dancing, and comedy. The theater was located at the corner of Second and Spring Streets. In this photo, the entertainers pose on the ornate stage for…
ID Number:1983.10.695.2
Date:1927
Image of Modern dance group at John Muir School, circa 1927
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Modern dance group at John Muir School, circa 1927

By the 1920s, modern dance had reached Seattle's John Muir School. Modern dancers often wore clothing based on ancient Greek sculpture and danced with flowing lengths of fabric. In this photo, taken around 1927, several girls give a modern dance performance at John Muir School. Webster & Stevens number: 122145
ID Number:1983.10.743
Date:Circa 1927
Image of University of Washington J.G.V. dancers, Seattle, April 4, 1929
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University of Washington J.G.V. dancers, Seattle, April 4, 1929

For a number of years, women in the junior class at the University of Washington presented the "Junior Girls' Vodvil." In April 1929, the J.G.V. presented a revue, with jazz orchestra numbers, singing, magic acts, comedy, tumbling, and classical and tap dance performances. This photo shows three dancers from the 1929 J.G.V. Handwritten on sleeve: U. of W. T.G.V. [sic]…
ID Number:1983.10.857.2
Date:1929
Image of Organ at Coliseum Theatre, Seattle, circa 1920
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Organ at Coliseum Theatre, Seattle, circa 1920

By 1915, Seattle's downtown commercial core was booming. In March 1915, local lumber baron and businessman C. D. Stimson leased lots on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Pike Street to the newly-formed Coliseum Company to build a theater designed specifically for movies, then called photoplays. The Coliseum Photo Playhouse was designed by noted theater architect B. Marcus Priteca,…
ID Number:1983.10.1883
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Palace Hip, Seattle, April 13, 1921
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Palace Hip, Seattle, April 13, 1921

Vaudeville was a popular form of live entertainment in the 1920s. The Palace Hip was one of Seattle's most popular vaudeville theaters. It cost only ten cents to see seven live performances of singing, dancing, and comedy. The theater was located at the corner of Second and Spring Streets. Signs in image: Vaudeville - Palace Hip - Pictures. Loew's Palace…
ID Number:1983.10.2110.2
Date:1921
Image of Wilkes Theatre, Seattle, circa 1920
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Wilkes Theatre, Seattle, circa 1920

The Alhambra Theatre at the southwest corner of 5th Avenue and Pine Street had been renamed the Wilkes by the time this photo was taken. Signs in image: Wilkes. Mozart Cigars. Stop El-Roitan - Listen Look. Jane Morgan - "That Girl Patsy." Maxime's.Handwritten on sleeve: Wilkes TheatreWebster & Stevens number: 85514
ID Number:1983.10.2111.2
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Booth Building, Seattle, circa 1918
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Booth Building, Seattle, circa 1918

The Booth Building stood on the southeast corner of Pine and Broadway Streets. It was built by Drs. William G. and John R. Booth around 1907. At the time this photo was taken, it housed the Cornish School of Music as well as an auto supply business. The Cornish School of Music was founded in 1914 by Nellie Cornish, who…
ID Number:1983.10.2175.1
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Crowd outside Strand Theater, Seattle, circa 1922
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Crowd outside Strand Theater, Seattle, circa 1922

The Strand Theater opened as a live performance venue in 1916. It was located at 1114 2nd Avenue. Signs in image: Geo. Stoetzer - Cigars, Magazines. J.E. Williamson Presents the Thrilling Undersea Picture - Directed by Ralph Ince - Distributed by Goldwyn - Wet Gold. Strand Theater. The Little Bee Hive. Young's Shirt Shops.Handwritten on sleeve: Strand Theatre Ext Crowd.Webster…
ID Number:1983.10.2250.2
Date:Circa 1922
Image of Entrance to the Orpheum Theatre, circa 1920
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Entrance to the Orpheum Theatre, circa 1920

The Orpheum Theatre opened in downtown Seattle in May 1911. It was the latest in a series of Seattle theaters in the nationwide Orpheum chain. During the first week of regular performances, audiences were treated to orchestral music, a man who lifted heavy objects with his teeth, a play, a ventriloquist, musical and comedy skits, songs and stories in dialect,…
ID Number:1983.10.2513.3
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Stage of the Orpheum Theatre, circa 1920
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Stage of the Orpheum Theatre, circa 1920

Seattle residents were understandably worried about fire. The owners of the Orpheum Theater, which opened in 1911, assured their audiences that the new theater "is as near to being ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF as modern science could make it." Only the scenery might be combustible, but the audience was protected from a stage fire by a fireproof asbestos curtain. This photo taken…
ID Number:1983.10.2513.4
Date:Circa 1920
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