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Arts/Entertainment
Alhambra Theater
Photo taken soon after the theater's construction in 1913; located on Adams Ave. in Haynie's Corner, the Alhambra is one of the city's last surviving neighborhood theaters (Deeds 63)
American Theater
626 Main St.; photographed during the 1937 flood (Meyer-Schlamp 733)
Cadick Theater
Drawing of proposed theater to be built on the corner of Third and Sycamore Steets in the 1930s; the building was not completed, and the Greyhound Bus terminal was erected on the site (image from an undated clipping)
Carlton Theater
216 Main St.; c. 1940 (Harms Collection)
Club Trocadero
Located on Highway 41 South between Evansville and Henderson, KY; photo dated February 23, 1982 (14PC-67)
Columbia Theater
717 N. Fulton; c. 1939, after remodeling (Miscellaneous Collection)
Columbia Theater
717 N. Fulton; early 1939, before remodeling (Miscellaneous Collection)
Columbia Theater
717 N. Fulton; photo dated 1939 (Miscellaneous Collection)
Crystal Palace
529 NW Fifth St.; photo dated March 4, 1965 (RC 55)
Darmstadt Community Orchestra
Directed by Professors Frank Adams and Harry Ball; c. 1920s (Darmstadt 1)
Desert Storm Memorial
Located on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. near the Civic Center; c. 1996 (17PC 86)
Doughboy Statue
World War I statue in front of American Legion Post #8 on New Harmony Rd., relocated from its original setting in Sunset Park; photo dated 1984 (6PC 78)
Evansville Cadet Band
Early 1900s (Meyer-Schlamp 168)
Evansville Civic Theatre
N. Fulton Ave.; c. 1980 (5PC 45)
Evansville Drive-In Theatre
Photo dated June 9, 1982 (9PC 77)
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science
L-r: Fred Eilers, Dorothy Gill Ingle, and Dolores Ploeger pointing to model of new museum building; dated 1954 (Knecht 2104)
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science
C. 1960s (Meyer-Schlamp 127)
Evansville Public Museum
216 NW Second Street, Evansville, IN; photo dated 25 May 1954 (Knecht 903)
Evansville Public Museum
First location in Sunset Park until the building was razed in 1910 (Meyer-Schlamp 122)
Forster's Band
Members identified (l-r): Barney Stockwell, Fred Rollison, unidentified, Dick Spindler, Cornealius Koch (seated), Cheese Forster, Don Holms, Fred Balz, Carl Felker, and Art Felker; c. 1920s (Spindler 2)
Franklin Theater
2113 W. Franklin St.; 1954 (Harms Collection)
Grand Theater
Second and Sycamore Sts.; c. 1920 (Deeds 64)
Grand Theater
C. 1944 (Payne 54)
Grand Theater
Theater (center) next to Vendome Hotel (left) in 200 block of Sycamore St.; early 1900s (Deeds 45)
Hitch's Happy Harmonists
Dixieland jazz band that played during the 1920s to c. 1933; members identified as Stu Charles, Jab Zins, John McBryan, Bill Hahn, Dick Spindler, Art Felker, Jim Thompson, and Bud Lamey (Spindler 5)
Hoosier Gold Derby Boys
Directed by David Holzman (at drums); some of the other members pictured are Jerry Bumb, Arnold Habbe, Dub Shofner, Aryin Lefever, Art Felker, and Beanie Barr (Baer?); c. 1928 (Spindler 7)
Indian Relics
Found in Evansville area; photo dated 1915 (Knecht 2107)
Kuebler's Garden
A popular entertainment venue in Newburgh, IN, from the late 1800s to c. 1920 (Riggs 14)
Loew's Majestic Theater
15 SE Fifth St.; c. early 1960s (Meyer-Schlamp 525)
Loew's Theater
Main and Sixth Sts.; c. 1962 (Miscellaneous 874)
Loew's Theater
Main and Sixth Sts.; c. 1940 (Harms Collection)
Majestic Theater
21 SE Fifth St.; c. 1910 (Deeds 66)
Marionette Class
Held at the WPA Community Center; photo dated 1936 (Knecht 519)
Mesker Amphitheatre
Under construction; c. 1951 (Mesker Steel Collection)
New Majestic Theater
Fifth and Locust Sts.; c. 1940 (Harms Collection)
Orpheum Theater
First and Locust Sts.; c. 1910 (Deeds 67)
Ross Theater
Photo taken shortly before the building was razed in the 1990s (17PC 3)
Shrine Circus
Performance in the Coliseum (stage in the background); dated 1936 (Knecht 1963)
Sunset Drive-In Theater
Entrance; photo dated May 16, 1984 (9PC 64)
Sunset Drive-In Theater
Under construction; c. 1949 (Mesker Steel Collection)
Sunset Drive-In Theater
Under construction; c. 1949 (Mesker Steel Collection)
Sunset Drive-In Theater
Aerial view of theater under construction; c. 1949 (Mesker Steel Collection)
Theatre A
1352 Division St.; c. 1982 (4PC 67)
Victory Theatre
Group of mostly students standing outside entrance; early 1920s (Knecht 4645)
Victory Theatre
Photo taken shortly before the theatre's opening in 1921 (Knecht 4648)
W9CHA Radio Station
Operated by Benjamin Biederwolf in his basement on S. Bedford Ave.; c. 1930s (Courier 1002)
Washington Theater
Photo taken on November 23, 1936, the day before the theater opened to the public (Knecht 959)
Washington Theater
Washington Ave. near Kentucky Ave.; c. 1937 (Miscellaneous Collection)
West Side Drive-In Theater
Entrance; c. 1984 (6PC 86)
Woodlawn Theater
1011 N. Main St.; owned by Dr. C. F. Cluthe (l) and Mr. George Schone (r); c. 1920 (Cluthe 44)
Woodmere Hospital Theater
C. 1915 (Knecht 471)
WPA Dance
Held at the Community Center; photo dated 1936 (Knecht 514)
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