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Image of Bruen's 45th Street Theatre, Seattle, 1934
1983.10.4964.30
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Bruen's 45th Street Theatre, Seattle, 1934

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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: 34-217

Caption information source: "Seattle Now & Then: The Guild 45th Theatre, 1934," by Clay Eals, https://pauldorpat.com/2022/01/20/guild-45th-1934/
ID Number: 1983.10.4964.30
Date: 1934
Creator(s): Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 nitrate negative : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.4964.30
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Performing Arts and Music, Neighborhoods

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