Theater curtain. This curtain, made up of ads featuring McKinley Avenue businesses, graced the stage of the Park Theater, 3508 McKinley Avenue, in March of 1925. The ads ranged from grocery stores to shoe stores to dry goods and cleaners. Photograph ordered by Heilig Advertising. TPL-1430; G64.1-093

Theater curtains; Advertising--Tacoma--1920-1930; Park Theater (Tacoma);

ca. 1925. In the 1920's, the McKinley Hill neighborhood had its own small movie and vaudeville house. The Park Theater was purchased by Hans Torkelson in 1922 and overhauled into a small movie house. It had a seating capacity of 250 and played a daily variety of movies. (Address given in the Tacoma Daily Ledger is 3506 McKinley Ave.) (TDL 12/24/1922, pg. E4) (WSHS)

Park Theater (Tacoma); Theaters--Tacoma--1920-1930; Business districts--Tacoma--1920-1930;