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Image of Alhambra Theatre, Seattle, circa 1909
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Alhambra Theatre, Seattle, circa 1909

The Alhambra Theatre opened on July 12, 1909 at the southwest corner of Fifth and Pine Streets. As a home for vaudeville, stock, and movies, the Alhambra stayed in business for many years, for a time renamed the Wilkes. The building later became Best's Apparel and then Nordstrom's. Handwritten on sleeve: Alhambra Theatre.Webster & Stevens number: 9797
ID Number:1983.10.8251
Date:Circa 1909
Image of Moore Theater, Seattle, circa 1909
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Moore Theater, Seattle, circa 1909

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. Signs in image: David Warfield, The Music Master - Moore Theatre. The Right Way. Blanche Walsh in Her Greatest Role - The Test - To-night.…
ID Number:1983.10.8464
Date:Circa 1909
Image of Crowd outside Pantages Theatre, Seattle, circa 1910
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Crowd outside Pantages Theatre, Seattle, circa 1910

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. Caption on image: Waiting to See Pauline.Signs in image: Pantages Vaudeville. Ladies & Misses Sample Suits. New York…
ID Number:1983.10.8722
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Crowd rushing to Mayor Gill's support meeting, February 2, 1911
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Crowd rushing to Mayor Gill's support meeting, February 2, 1911

Shortly after Hiram Gill was elected mayor of Seattle, some people wanted to remove him from office for not enforcing the city's anti-vice laws. When the mayor wanted to answer his accusers, his supporters set up a noontime meeting at the Grand Opera House. So many people crowded into the opera house that a second meeting was set up at…
ID Number:1983.10.9222.2
Date:1911
Image of Mayor Gill's overflow rally in the Seattle Theatre, February 2, 1911
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Mayor Gill's overflow rally in the Seattle Theatre, February 2, 1911

In 1911, when Mayor Gill was accused of not enforcing Seattle's anti-vice laws, his supporters set up a meeting so that he could answer his accusers. So many people wanted to hear the mayor, that the overflow crowd of 3,000 people rallied at the Seattle Theatre. The Seattle Times, which supported Gill, reported that this was the city's greatest-ever political…
ID Number:1983.10.9223.2
Date:1911
Image of Volunteer Park music pavilion, Seattle, circa 1912
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Volunteer Park music pavilion, Seattle, circa 1912

Seattle's Volunteer Park was named in honor of the men who served in the 1898 Spanish American War. The Olmsted Brothers' 1909 plan for the park included lawns, gardens, pavilions, and play areas which were designed to harmonize with the surrounding Capitol Hill neighborhood. Handwritten on sleeve: Pan Volunteer Park Music Pavillion [sic]. Photographer's Reference Number: 19617
ID Number:1983.10.9228.1
Date:Circa 1912
Image of University cadet band, 1915
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University cadet band, 1915

The University of Washington's military science department trained men for the U.S. Army. Some of the cadets in the program played in a marching band. In this photo, probably taken in 1915, the members of the cadet band pose with their instruments on the steps of Meany Hall. Webster & Stevens number: 43960
ID Number:1983.10.10040.2
Date:1915
Image of Performer in Orpheum Theatre dressing room, Seattle, 1914
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Performer in Orpheum Theatre dressing room, Seattle, 1914

The first Orpheum Theatre in Seattle was located at the southwest corner of Third Avenue and Madison Street. It opened in 1911 and was demolished in 1954. In this photo, an entertainer prepares for her performance on the vaudeville stage. Handwritten on sleeve: Artists in Drsg Room, Orpheum Theatre 1914Webster & Stevens number: 44567
ID Number:1983.10.10104.1
Date:1914
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"La Tortajada" in Orpheum Theatre dressing room, Seattle, September 1910

Consuelo Tamayo Hernández (1870-1957), known professionally as La Tortajada, was a vaudeville singer and dancer from Spain. She toured internationally for more than twenty years, retiring in 1913. Ms. Hernandez performed a one-woman show, “The Adventure of a Toreador,” at the Orpheum Theatre in Seattle in September 1910. She played all four characters in the show—a bull fighter, his wife,…
ID Number:1983.10.10104.2
Date:1914
Image of Exterior of the Pantages Theatre, 1915
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Exterior of the Pantages Theatre, 1915

In 1911, Alexander Pantages built a new Pantages Theatre in downtown Seattle, on the site of the old Plymouth Congregational Church. Like the other theaters in Pantages chain, the new theater showed movies and also featured live entertainment. The theater continued under various names until 1965, when it was torn down to build a parking garage.This 1915 photo shows the…
ID Number:1983.10.10119
Date:1915
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