Back to Results
1983.10.13438
View full size image or right-click on image to save
Photograph
Egyptian Theatre, Seattle, November 11, 1940
Order an ImageThe Egyptian Theater at 4543 University Way N.E. opened on Christmas Day of 1925. Built by T.E. Murphy, it seated 1300 people and claimed to be one of the largest and finest suburban movie houses in the Northwest. The building was later altered and used for retail stores.
Signs in image: [...] [Miller?] Men's Shop. [Ode O'Day?]. Avenue Bakery. Horluck. Harris Shirt Shop - Call Me Milt - Men's Wear. Sutliffs Candies. Egyptian - "Lucky Partners" - Ronald Colman, Ginger Rogers - Also "Man I Married." Dress [Egy...].
Handwritten on sleeve: Murphy Bldg, Egyptian Theatre, U-Dist. 11-11-40.
Caption information from: UniverCity: The Story of the University District, by Roy Nielsen, p.67.
Signs in image: [...] [Miller?] Men's Shop. [Ode O'Day?]. Avenue Bakery. Horluck. Harris Shirt Shop - Call Me Milt - Men's Wear. Sutliffs Candies. Egyptian - "Lucky Partners" - Ronald Colman, Ginger Rogers - Also "Man I Married." Dress [Egy...].
Handwritten on sleeve: Murphy Bldg, Egyptian Theatre, U-Dist. 11-11-40.
Caption information from: UniverCity: The Story of the University District, by Roy Nielsen, p.67.
ID Number: 1983.10.13438
Date: 1940
Creator(s):
Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 safety film negative : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.13438
Other matching results
View northeast from Securities Building, Seattle, 1929
Boeing "Model C" float plane docked on Lake Union, Seattle, 1919
Buses at West Seattle ferry dock, circa 1920
Go Hing Festival decorations on King Street, Seattle, May 1921
West Seattle Junction, circa 1925
View along Ballard Avenue with City Hall building, Seattle, October 19, 1925
Egyptian Theatre, Seattle, November 11, 1940
Exterior of Venetian Theater, Seattle, 1946
North face of US Naval Reserve Armory, Lake Union, August 22, 1942
