6120 MOTOR AVE SW, LAKEWOOD

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D10915-97

For the 1941 "Klahowya," Clover Park High School yearbook. Group of students in front of Lakewood Theater. Used in yearbook advertisement for the Rialto Theater and the Lakewood Theater. (1941 Klawhowya, pg. 64)


Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood; Lakewood Theatre (Lakewood);

A10050-47

ca. 1940. Large group of women in front of Lakewood Theatre in this circa 1940 photograph. The Colonial-styled brick building was constructed in 1937 to serve the needs of the Lakes District.


Women--Lakewood--1940-1950; Lakewood Theatre (Lakewood);

D42002-3

The Lakewood Theatre was built in 1937, the builder was the Pasadena Company, the architect was Silas E. Nelsen and the contractor was C. M. Martinson. The theater was built in the colonial style and had a capacity of 600 people. View of 28 foot trailer being pulled by an automobile; photo ordered by Winston H. McCallum, Publicity Director for the Douglas Fir Plywood Association.


Trailers--Lakewood--1940-1950; Automobiles--Lakewood--1940-1950; Plywood; Publicity; Theaters--Lakewood; Lakewood Theatre (Lakewood); Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Silas E. Nelsen Architects (Tacoma);

M93-1

Delivery boy Chris Turlis and driver stand next to the Brown's Flower truck in this advertising photograph for the Brown's Conservatory of Flowers taken in front of the Lakewood Theater in December of 1937. Brown's Flowers, 4734 South Tacoma Way, was located opposite the Tacoma cemetery. They claimed to have Tacoma's finest delivery service for Tacoma's finest flowers. The Lakewood Theater had its grand opening on July 8, 1937. (T.Times Dec. 24, 1937 p.12)


Shopping centers--Lakewood; Motion picture theaters--Lakewood; Lakewood Theatre (Lakewood); Florist shops--Tacoma; Brown's Flowers (Tacoma); Turlis, Chris; Silas E. Nelsen Architects (Tacoma); Christmas decorations; Trucks--Lakewood--1930-1940;

6120 MOTOR AVE SW, LAKEWOOD

  • 4 images. Lakewood Theater Pasadena Co., builder Silas Nelsen, arch. C.M. Martinson, contr. -brick veneer-capacity of 600
  • TDL 8/23/1936 p.A1 Building in lake area announced T.Times 8/23/1936 New theater being built to serve Lake District
  • TDL 3/28/1937 p.C8 (sketch)
  • TNT 6/25/1937 p.3 (il)
  • TNT 7/1/1937 p.32 New center is spacious
  • TNT 7/5/1937 p.5 Lakewood opens 8th T.Times 7/6/1937 p.1,5 New Lakewood Theater (interior il)
  • TNT 7/7/1937 p.1,5 Lakewood Center "pre-views" opening (world premiere of "Easy Living" with Jean Arthur and Edward Arnold) (il)
  • TNT 7/9/1937 p.8 Theater is open
  • TNT 4/26/1938 p.B16 (il)
  • TNT 7/7/1938 p.8 Moore (Henry T.) impresario at Lakewood Center
  • TNT 7/27/1967 p.B1 Theater screen hit with eggs T.Review 10/13/1978 p.A3 Repertory concept; classics and favorites fill Lakewood Theatre screen (il)
  • TNT 12/13/1978 Stagestruck throng seeks extras' jobs (auditions for proposed new television series "Sweepstakes" fillmed by Paramount Pictures) (il) T.Review 12/15/1978 Tacoma had too many "stars" (il)
  • TNT 12/16/1978 500 area film extras play reacting audience (interior il) Lakewood Journal 11/5/1998 p.5 Society to hold talk on saving theater Lakewood Journal 12/3/1999 p.2 Tenant needed to start renovating old theater
  • TNT 2/28/2006 p.B5 Letters ... unite to save landmark theater (il)
  • TNT 5/7/2006 Insight p.1 Back to the future ... landmark theater helped set tone for Lakewood's growth (il,interior il)
  • TNT 10/12/2009 p.A3 City might restore theater (il) 917.972 Am3V (il) 979.778 D921L p.106 (il)
  • Year Built: 1937
  • Decade Built: 1930s
  • Style: American Renaissance / Colonial