902-14 BROADWAY, TACOMA

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902-14 BROADWAY, TACOMA

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  • 65 images. Tacoma Theater (CONTINUED)
  • TNT 1/7/1940 p.A10 A.P. news film due; teletype machine to work in Music Box Lobby
  • TNT 1/12/1940 p.1 Music Box film shows how news is handled from all over world
  • TNT 1/27/1940 p.3 (ad for motion picture "Gone With the Wind")
  • TNT 2/8/1940 p.11 "Gone With the Wind" eagerly awaited here
  • TNT 12/8/1940 p.A9 Department is expanded (interior il of B.A. Almvig Music Co. at 908 Broadway)
  • TNT 4/16/1942 p.25 Again jailed for clapping at wrong time
  • TNT 4/23/1942 p.9 (ad for appearance by dancer Sally Rand)
  • TNT 4/26/1942 p.B9 Sally must dance minus her bubbles
  • TNT 2/4/1943 p.15 (ad for the motion picture "Casablanca")
  • TNT 6/23/1943 p.6-9 Music Box shows "A Stranger in Town" (starring Frank Morgan)
  • TNT 1/26/1947 p.B1Only girl to run theater (il of theater manager Florence Barbour)
  • TNT 6/25/1947 p.19 (ad for the motion picture "The Egg and I")
  • TNT 1/16/1949 p.A10 Jan. 13 big day in '90 (il)
  • TNT 7/1/1951 p.A1 Firemen have busy day in heat (popcorn machine on fire)
  • TNT 7/31/1951 p.17-21 Lloyd-Friesen opens doors of beautiful new shoe store Wednesday (il of Lloyd-Friesen, Inc. at 910 Broadway) (remodeling for shoe store by I.J. Gilfillen, contr.)
  • TNT 8/26/1951 Tacoma's architecture changes with years (il)
  • TNT 6/10/1953 p.13 Maple tree grows atop building (grows in old chimney)
  • TNT 6/11/1953 p.A1 Tree on Broadway (il)
  • TNT 7/31/1953 p.27-52 Tacoma station KMO-TV on the air this coming Sunday (studio at 914 1/2 Broadway)
  • TNT 8/23/1953 p.A9 ... to open shoe salon Aug. 25 (interior il of Lloyd-Friesen Shoe Store)
  • TNT 11/12/1953 p.C2 CinemaScope "movie marvel" due here soon
  • TNT 12/2/1953 p.26 CinemaScope premiere wins wide approval
  • TNT 1/16/1955 p.A4 Elegant era opened here 65 years ago (il)
  • TNT 6/28/1955 p.10 (ad for motion picture "The Seven Year Itch")
  • TNT 11/13/1955 p.1 Anybody want to help? (il of workers doing roof repairs)
  • TNT 11/13/1955 p.D13 (ad for motion picture "Rebel Without a Cause")
  • TNT 8/15/1956 p.D4 (permit taken to remodel fire escapes)
  • TNT 7/31/1958 p.B6 Sprucing up Broadway (il of remodeling)
  • TNT 4/2/1959 p.A1 Bank to put in branch on Broadway (remodeling for the National Bank of Washington by Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.)
  • TNT 8/9/1959 p.A15 Memories of theater live for Chas. Herald
  • TNT 2/25/1960 p.A1,A4,A6,A7 Banking returns to Broadway (remodeling for the National Bank of Washington at 912 Broadway by Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch. and Macdonald Building Co., contr.) (interior il)
  • TNT 6/22/1960 p.A6 Music Box opens again (after three month closure)
  • TNT 9/12/1960 p.6,7 Baker Bros. open shop at new Broadway site (remodeling by Jardeen Brothers, contr.) (il)
  • TNT 5/1/1963 p.A1,A2,A10,A11,B2 Music Box Theater destroyed by fire; Tacoma Theater symbol of entertainment magic (il)
  • TNT 5/3/1963 p.1 Ship model survives theater fire (il of model)
  • TNT 5/4/1963 p.18 In the old days, lines were long at Music Box
  • TNT 6/16/1963 p.A1 Music Box fire relived; firemen study debris, learn from experience (il of ruins) (includes timeline of fire)
  • TNT 8/21/1963 p.A1 Demolition of theater may start Monday
  • TNT 8/29/1963 p.B2 Down it comes (il of demolition)
  • TNT 9/22/1963 p.C15 Once the Music Box (il of demolition)
  • TNT 9/29/1963 p.A2 Dismantling Music Box can be pretty tricky
  • TNT 10/6/1963 p.A2 Wrecker plays finale at charred Music Box (il)
  • TNT 10/1/1964 p.D4 Man injured during theater fire sues city
  • TNT 4/27/1965 p.1 Theater fire suits filed
  • TNT 4/30/1965 p.A8 Five more suits filed
  • TNT 1/27/1974 p.A11 When stars shone at 9th and Broadway (il c.1920s)
  • TNT 5/9/1976 The Temple of Minerva (il,interior il)
  • TNT 5/28/1978 ... showplace for the world's greatest stars
  • TNT 5/1/1997 p.FP12 Rhodes turned Tacoma Theatre into bustling Broadway
  • Year Built: 1940
  • Decade Built: 1940s
  • 1963

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Abbreviation Key GTWY - Peninsula Gateway, TDL - Tacoma Daily Ledger, TDN - Tacoma Daily News, TNL - Tacoma News Ledger, TNT - Tacoma News Tribune

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