The Pantages was primarily a vaudeville theater, and it ran 22 shows per week – three daily and four on Sundays. The theater was designed by Seattle architect B. Marcus Priteca and opened in 1915 at the corner of 3rd Avenue and University Street. It was the second Pantages Theatre in Seattle, replacing an earlier theater on 2nd Avenue and Seneca Street. The theater operated as the Pantages until 1936, when it was renamed the Palomar. The building was demolished in 1965.

This image shows the Pantages Usherettes posing for a group photo. The woman on the far right is identified as Violet Evans. In addition to showing patrons to their seats, the Usherettes danced and played saxophones as part of shows at the Pantages.

Caption information source: “Pantages Office Building #2, Pantages Theatre #2, Downtown Seattle,” Pacific Coast Architecture Database, retrieved from https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/3211/.