Name/Title
Program for coming attractions at the 'New Alameda Theatre', 1912-1915Entry/Object ID
2003.86.1Description
ACC. NO. 03.86.1
SUBJECT OR CATEGORY: THEATRES; MOTION PICTURE
DATE OR PERIOD: 1912-15
OBJECT: PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION: A TWO-PAGE FOLDING PROGRAM. COVER HAS A BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "NEW ALAMEDA THEATRE," IN BLACK-COLORED TYPE. PROGRAM WAS ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS AND SCENES OF COMING ATTRACTIONS.
SIZE: L 8" X W 10-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A PROGRAM FROM THE ALAMEDA THEATRE AT SANTA CLARA AVENUE AND PARK AVENUE, 2420 SANTA CLARA AVE, ALAMEDA-SOUTHWEST CORNER, ERECTED IN 1912. PROGRAM FOR COMING ATTRACTIONS OF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, APRIL 30-MAY 1. NO YEAR WAS DESIGNATED. INCLUDED AS ONE OF THE PRODUCTIONS IS "A FORTUNE," VITAGRAPH COMEDY, STARRING JOHN BUNNY, WHO DIED IN 1915. ALSO INCLUDED IS A PORTRAIT OF LIONEL BARRYMORE AS A YOUNG MAN. THE PROGRAM WAS FOUND BY THE DONOR'S PARENTS, HARVEY AND MARGARET HOLDEN, IN THEIR HOME AT 2153 LINCOLN AVENUE, WHICH THEY PURCHASED IN 1954.
DONOR: PEGGY HUSTON,
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 18, 2003
