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Image of Vic Meyers Orchestra, probably in Seattle, December 3, 1927
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Vic Meyers Orchestra, probably in Seattle, December 3, 1927

Victor "Vic" Aloysius Meyers (1897-1991) was a popular bandleader in Seattle during the 1920s and early 1930s. He later unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Seattle, before winning election as Washington State Lt. Governor in 1932, a role he would serve in for twenty years.This photo of the Vic Meyers Orchestra was taken in 1927. Photographer's Reference Number: 128251Caption information source:…
ID Number:1983.10.3858.1
Date:1927
Image of Pipe organ at Rhodes Department Store, Seattle, circa 1927
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Pipe organ at Rhodes Department Store, Seattle, circa 1927

Albert J. Rhodes opened his first store in Seattle in 1907. While visiting the East Coast, Mr. Rhodes went to the John Wanamaker store in Philadelphia and heard the famous pipe organ there. He decided that after his family opened their new expanded store in Seattle, they would install an Aeolian organ. Mr. Rhodes died in 1921, and his widow,…
ID Number:1983.10.3863.4
Date:Circa 1927
Image of Chandelier at Orpheum Theatre, Seattle, circa 1928
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Chandelier at Orpheum Theatre, Seattle, circa 1928

The new Orpheum Theatre opened August 25, 1927 and was heralded as one of the finest vaudeville and "photoplay" houses on the West Coast. Designed in Spanish Renaissance style by the famous architect B. Marcus Priteca, the building stood at the corner of 5th and Stewart until 1967, when it was destroyed for construction of the Washington Plaza Hotel. Massive…
ID Number:1983.10.3944.2
Date:Circa 1928
Image of Light fixture at Orpheum Theatre, Seattle, circa 1928
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Light fixture at Orpheum Theatre, Seattle, circa 1928

The new Orpheum Theatre opened August 25, 1927 and was heralded as one of the finest vaudeville and "photoplay" houses on the West Coast. Designed in Spanish Renaissance style by the famous architect B. Marcus Priteca, the building stood at the corner of 5th and Stewart until 1967, when it was destroyed for construction of the Washington Plaza Hotel. Several…
ID Number:1983.10.3944.3
Date:Circa 1928
Image of Orpheum Theatre entrance, Seattle, circa 1928
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Orpheum Theatre entrance, Seattle, circa 1928

Seattle's new Orpheum Theatre opened in 1927. It was one of the largest and most elegant members of the Orpheum Circuit, a nationwide chain of "photo play" and vaudeville theaters. The August 1927 program included music on the Wurlitzer organ, a feature movie (Rod LaRocque in "The Fighting Eagle"), a newsreel, and a song and dance revue ("Ned Wayburn's Buds…
ID Number:1983.10.3965.2
Date:Circa 1928
Image of Coliseum Theatre, November 3, 1934
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Coliseum Theatre, November 3, 1934

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:1983.10.4493
Date:1934
Image of Entertainers wearing western clothing, 1935
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Entertainers wearing western clothing, 1935

A number of Seattle theaters featured both movies and live vaudeville acts. This 1935 photo shows a group of entertainers dressed in "western" costumes. The Chinese-style exit sign and lamps suggest that the photo was taken at Seattle's Fifth Avenue Theatre. Description in handwritten inventory: [Thirteen girls & two men dressed in western style]Photographer's Reference Number: W&S 35-305
ID Number:1983.10.4963.67
Date:1935
Image of Bruen's 45th Street Theatre, Seattle, 1934
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Bruen's 45th Street Theatre, Seattle, 1934

In the 1930s, Hugh W. Bruen owned the motion picture theater at 2115 N. 45th Street. Known later as Guild Forty-Fifth Street Theater, the Wallingford institution became part of Landmark Theatres in 1989, and closed in 2017. Signs in image: Bruen's 45th St. - Barbara Stanwyck, Ever in My Heart [...] Deluge. Bargain Nite.Webster & Stevens number: 34-217Caption information source:…
ID Number:1983.10.4964.30
Date:1934
Image of Denny Hall auditorium, University of Washington, Seattle, circa 1905
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Denny Hall auditorium, University of Washington, Seattle, circa 1905

The first building on the present campus of the University of Washington was Denny Hall, originally known as the Administration Building. At that time, all university activities took place in this single building. Denny Hall had science labs, a library, a natural history museum, administrative and faculty offices, ten classrooms, a music room, a lecture hall, and an assembly hall…
ID Number:1983.10.7000
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Curtain at Grand Theater, Seattle, circa 1905
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Curtain at Grand Theater, Seattle, circa 1905

Most likely, the Grand Theater referred to by the photographers was the Grand Opera House, which was located at 217 Cherry Street. Sample of advertisements in image: Cody Detective Agency and Merchants Patrol Service. After the Show Let Us Go to Tien Sien Lo - Finest Chinese Restaurant and Chop Suey House on the Coast. You Are Only One of…
ID Number:1983.10.7474.2
Date:Circa 1905
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