Sign of the Month for November, 2022
Hand painted signs on the side of buildings were a common way to advertise businesses – often the ones in the buildings on which the…
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Then and Now – Rivoli Theatre – Rutherford, NJ
The Rivoli Theatre opened on April 22, 1922 in Rutherford, New Jersey. It had 2,200 seats when it opened and was a combination vaudeville and…
Then and Now – Capitol Theatre – New London, CT
The Capitol Theatre opened on November 21, 1921. Like many other theaters of its day, it was a vaudeville and silent picture theater that converted…
Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, MA
America’s Oldest County Fair, the Topsfield Fair, was started in February 1818 by the Essex County Agricultural Society as a cattle show. It was originally…
Then and Now – Boulevard Theatre – Bronx, NY
Loew’s Boulevard Theatre opened in the Bronx, NY on November 1, 1913. Marcus Loew, founder of Loew’s Incorporated, attended the opening night celebrations. It opened as…
Then and Now – Majestic Theatre – Bridgeport, CT
The Loew’s Majestic Theatre opened on November 4, 1922 in Bridgeport, Connecticut as Poli’s Majestic Theatre. It was designed by architect Thomas W. Lamb for theater mogul Sylvester Z. Poli,…
Then and Now – Uptown Theatre – Philadelphia, PA
The Uptown Theatre opened on February 16, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 2,040-seat theater was used for vaudeville and motion pictures before switching to live…
Then and Now – The Boyd Theatre – Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia’s only art déco movie palace, The Boyd Theatre, opened on Christmas day in 1928. The 2,450 seat theater was initially intended to be a movie…
Daytona Turkey Run
Get your Gobble on.. Thanksgiving Day thru Sunday the largest combined classic car show and swap meet in the USA. The car show boasts over…
Trolleys, The Civil War & More in Richmond, VA
Postscript! Richmond’s 1904 trolley boycott preceded Rosa Park’s protest in Montgomery, AL by almost 50 years. The Black community that chose to walk instead of…