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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
A922-0
Date(s)
- 1925 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
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;