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Title
D30352-2
Date(s)
- 1947-12-03 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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The Music Box Theatre was built in 1889 by the Tacoma Opera House Company and was first known as the Tacoma Theater, it officially opened in January 1890. In 1925 the building was sold to S. R. Barkwill and a group of associates from the Tacoma Theater Building Company for $450,000, making this the largest single realty transaction in Tacoma, at this time. In 1927 it was renamed the Broadway Theater. View of new candy bar at the Music Box Theatre.
Snack bars--Tacoma; Motion picture theaters--Tacoma; Confectioneries--Tacoma; Music Box Theatre (Tacoma);