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Image of Star Theatre, Seattle, circa 1905
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Star Theatre, Seattle, circa 1905

The Star Theatre was located on the southeast corner of First Avenue and Madison Street. Signs in image: Star Theatre - Modern Vaudeville - Admission 10 cents. Star Theatre- Continuous Vaudeville - General Admission. U & I. New German Bakery - Confectionery. Emerson's - Bohemian Beer. "[...] Shape" Shoe Store. King Bros. Palace Hotel. High Grade Alexander Humboldt Havana Cigars.…
ID Number:1983.10.7480.1
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Metropolitan Theatre, Seattle, 1911
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Metropolitan Theatre, Seattle, 1911

The Metropolitan Theatre opened October 2, 1911 on University Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues. The building, designed by A.H. Albertson of Seattle, blended with the nearby White and Henry Buildings in the University Tract. The Metropolitan was demolished in 1956 and its site is now the entrance driveway to the Olympic Hotel. Signs in image: Metropolitan - Formal Opening…
ID Number:1983.10.7482.2
Date:1911
Image of Alhambra Theater, Seattle, 1909
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Alhambra Theater, Seattle, 1909

The Alhambra Theatre opened July 12, 1909 at the southwest corner of Fifth and Pine Streets. With a large number of seats (1600) it hosted vaudeville shows as well as movies. The building later became Best's Apparel and later Nordstrom's. Signs in image: Woodhouse & Platt Furniture Co. - Complete House Furnishers - Furniture, Carpets, Stoves and Ranges - Cash,…
ID Number:1983.10.7492
Date:1909
Image of Pioneer Square, Seattle, circa 1905
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Pioneer Square, Seattle, circa 1905

Signs in image: Theatre - Strand. The [Diamond?].Handwritten on sleeve: Tenderloin District.Webster & Stevens number: 4840
ID Number:1983.10.7546
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Interior of the Moore Theatre, circa 1910
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Interior of the Moore Theatre, circa 1910

The building housing the Moore Theatre and Moore Hotel opened on Second Avenue and Virginia Street in December 1907. The theater seated over 2,000 people, and it soon became one of Seattle's leading cultural centers.This photo of the Moore Theatre interior was taken sometime after 1907. The photographer stood in the balcony to take a picture of the ceiling decoration,…
ID Number:1983.10.7587
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Theater curtain with advertisement for Schwabacher Bros. & Co., circa 1905
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Theater curtain with advertisement for Schwabacher Bros. & Co., circa 1905

Some Seattle businesses advertised on theater curtains. This photo, taken at the Argus Theatre sometime after 1903, shows an ad for Schwabacher Bros. & Co. Schwabacher Brothers was a wholesale grocery firm which sold canned goods, cigars, coffee, and other products throughout the northwest. The company even had permanent agents in Alaska to supply the Alaskan trade. Webster & Stevens…
ID Number:1983.10.7607
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Organ loft at St. James Cathedral, circa 1907
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Organ loft at St. James Cathedral, circa 1907

The pipe organ at Seattle's St. James Cathedral was installed for the opening of the cathedral in 1907. With its 2,875 pipes in 47 ranks, the organ was the largest in the city at that time, and also one of the largest on the West Coast.This photo, probably taken in 1907, shows a view of the pipe organ and organ…
ID Number:1983.10.7905
Date:Circa 1907
Image of Actors from
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Actors from "The Alaskan," circa 1907

Seattle's Moore Theatre opened in December 1907, with an original musical comedy, "The Alaskan." According to the program, the story was set in Nome, and the characters included two prospectors, an heiress, her chaperone, a ladies' maid, a mailman, and an art scholar. The eighteen musical numbers included choruses by "Sextette Girls," "Eskimo Girls," "Show Girls," and "Alaskan Miners."In this…
ID Number:1983.10.7971
Date:Circa 1907
Image of Pantages Theatre, circa 1909
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Pantages Theatre, circa 1909

Alexander Pantages founded a chain of vaudeville and movie theaters that eventually stretched from Vancouver, British Columbia to Newark, New Jersey and Mobile, Alabama. One of his early vaudeville theaters was at the corner of Second Avenue and Seneca Street in Seattle.In this photo, taken on a sunny afternoon around 1909, men, women, and children cross Second Avenue and Seneca…
ID Number:1983.10.8221.2
Date:Circa 1909
Image of Women in the chorus at the Lyceum Theatre, circa 1909
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Women in the chorus at the Lyceum Theatre, circa 1909

Seattle's 1909 City Directory lists 27 theaters. Seven featured plays and thirteen showed movies. Six theaters, including the Lyceum, featured vaudeville shows, with singers, dancers, and comedy acts.This photo shows a group of women performing at the Lyceum Theatre in about 1909. A piano sits in front of the stage. Its front panel has been removed to make the music…
ID Number:1983.10.8246
Date:Circa 1909
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