Name/Title
119-121 S 6th - Lyric Silent Movie Theater (Grand Opening Sept. 2, 1906), Recreation Club Bowling Alley, Star Shoe Repair & Shining Parlor, Kaufman Window Shade Company ....Entry/Object ID
2020.25.680Description
119-121 S 6th - Lyric Silent Movie Theater (Grand Opening Sept. 2, 1906), Recreation Club Bowling Alley, Star Shoe Repair & Shining Parlor, Kaufman Window Shade Company ....
Drug Store Fire -- 2 of 4 (1) 2020.25.675 (2) 2020.25.680 (3) 2020.25.708 (4) 2020.25.677
The successor to the Lyric Silent Movie Theater, the New Lyric Silent Movie Theater (Grand Opening 1912). Grand Opening, Frank De Atley Manager
St Joseph's popular family resort
The Curtis Musical CO.
Opening Play: A Ten Thousand Dollar Beauty
Admission:10c 15c and 25c
All week day Matinees 10c
Businesses that followed the theaters include the Recreation Club Bowling Alley at 119 South 6th, just north of Herman's building on the second floor. In the second photo the BOWLING sign can be seen. I worked there one week when I was 15 yrs old, manually setting pins, they did not have automatic pin setters.
A fire that started at the Hermans Drug Store on the corner damaged 117-121 S 6th street.. Businesses damaged by the fire included the drug store, Eshelmans Music and Radio, Junction Shoe Repair and the Recreation Club Bowling Alley. After the fire, Eshelman Music and Radio renovated the buildings and opened a store that included 117-121 S 6th street.
Circa 1900
HOTEL DONOVAN BAR
119-121 South 6th
Circa 1906
LYRIC SILENT MOVIE THEATER
119-121 South 6th
Circa 1912
NEW LYRIC SILENT MOVIE THEATER
119-121 South 6th
Circa 1917
CALUMET CAFE
119 South 6th Street
Circa 1921
STAR SHOE REPAIR & SHINING PARLOR
119 South 6th Street
Circa 1924
FORBES SHOE REPAIR & SHINING PARLOR
119 South 6th Street
Circa 1930
KAUFMAN WINDOW SHADE COMPANY
119½ South 6th
Circa 1930
JUNCTION SHOE REPAIR
119 South 6th Street
Circa 1934
JUNCTION SHOE REPAIR
119 South 6th Street
Circa 1940
RECREATION CLUB
BOWLING ALLEY
119½ South 6th
Circa 1958
JUNCTION SHOE REPAIR
119 South 6th Street
Circa 1958
RECREATION CLUB
BOWLING ALLEY
119½ South 6th
The building was demolished in 2014Photograph Details
Subject
PhotographSubject Person or Organization
The Strop Building, Hotel Donovan Bar, Lyric Silent Movie Theater, Calumet Cafe, Star Shoe Repair & Shining Parlor, Forbes Shoe Repair & Shining Parlor, Kaufman Window Shade Company, Junction Shoe Repair, Recreation Club Bowling AlleyContext
Circa 1900
HOTEL DONOVAN BAR
119-121 South 6th
Circa 1906
LYRIC SILENT MOVIE THEATER
119-121 South 6th
Circa 1912
NEW LYRIC SILENT MOVIE THEATER
119-121 South 6th
Circa 1917
CALUMET CAFE
119 South 6th Street
Circa 1921
STAR SHOE REPAIR & SHINING PARLOR
119 South 6th Street
Circa 1924
FORBES SHOE REPAIR & SHINING PARLOR
119 South 6th Street
Circa 1930
KAUFMAN WINDOW SHADE COMPANY
119½ South 6th
Circa 1930
JUNCTION SHOE REPAIR
119 South 6th Street
Circa 1934
JUNCTION SHOE REPAIR
119 South 6th Street
Circa 1940
RECREATION CLUB
BOWLING ALLEY
119½ South 6th
Circa 1958
JUNCTION SHOE REPAIR
119 South 6th Street
Circa 1958
RECREATION CLUB
BOWLING ALLEY
119½ South 6th
The building was demolished in 2014
LYRIC SILENT MOVIE THEATER INFORMATION
The 119 South 6th building was located just north of the Herman Drug Store. Even though the bowling alley was located in the 2nd floor of the building just north of the Herman Drug store, their bowling pin marque as seen in
Photo #1 & Photo #2 was mounted on the corner of the Herman Drug Store building at 6th & Edmond Street
The the bowling alley building was razed in 2014 leaving an empty lot
I worked there one week when I was 15 yrs old, manually setting pins, they did not have automatic pin setters
Newspaper Adv: Get In Line And Follow The Crowd To The Lyric
The theater data was submitted by Terry Plumb
Photo #5 - 1934 St Joseph Gazette advertisement
Photo #7 - 1921 St Joseph News Press advertisement
*Note some photographs are also on 2020.25.675 catalog entry
