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Let's Go To The Movies
Dohany's Opera House...was the predecessor [six] of the Strand Theater at Broadway and Sixth Street. This illustration is from a souvenir book of Council Bluffs scenes printed about 1900. It includes little history of the building. The Nonpareil's…
Let's Go To The Movies
Dohany's Opera House...was the predesessor [sic] of the Strand Theater at Broadway and Sixth Street. This illustration is from a souvenir book of Council Bluffs scenes printed about 1900. It includes little history of the building. The Nonpareil's…
Memories of World-Famous Personages Haunt Shadows of Old Dohaney [sic]Theater
Exterior of the Old Dohaney [sic] Opera House
Dohany's Opera House and Broadway
Photograph of Dohany's Opera House and Broadway. Northeast corner Sixth Street and Broadway. Later the Strand Movie Theater. Burned December 11, 1974.
Council Bluffs Drive-In
Photographs of the Council Bluffs Drive-In theater in 1999 - celebrating its 49th anniversary.
Broadway Theater
front of Theater, street level, at night. On the marquee: "Tonite Bank Award $300
'Sky Murder' also
'Military Academy'
Over the doors/ticket window:
"Total Bank Awards $400"
On back of photo:
Broadway Theter
About 1936
(copied 1-16-1974)
'Sky Murder' also
'Military Academy'
Over the doors/ticket window:
"Total Bank Awards $400"
On back of photo:
Broadway Theter
About 1936
(copied 1-16-1974)
Let's Go To The Movies
The Old Broadway Theater...closed for good in 1963 and was remodeled the next year to house King's Restaurant, now The Pantry. This photo was taken in 1941. The theater, in operation since the early 1920s, had just been remodeled after a fire in…
Whole Theater Redecorated
Although the fire was confined to the rear part, the entire interior of the Broadway theater was redecorated in its $25,000 remodeling program. A new front curtain was installed, the seats refinished, and the walls repainted in pastel colors.
Strand Theater fire
Photographs of a fire at the Strand Theater.
Council Bluffs Drive-in
Images of the Council Bluffs Drive-in Theater. Screening of "First Blood."
Strand Theater
Photograph of the Strand Theater. Destroyed by fire Dec. 1974.
Strand Theater
Reproduction of a photograph of the exterior of the Strand Theater.
Dohany Theater
Reproduction of a drawing of the Dohany Theater. Built 1883. 6th and Broadway.
Knights of the Full Moon
Knights of the Full Moon male theater group. Cast picture.
Knights of the Full Moon
Amateur theater.
Blackface entertainers.
Drag shows.
Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- History -- 1900-1950.
Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- History -- Photographs.
Blackface entertainers.
Drag shows.
Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- History -- 1900-1950.
Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- History -- Photographs.
Broadway Theater
Photograph of the Broadway Theater, Council Bluffs.
Billboard reads: "Colleen Moore in "Why be good" - Three Vitaphone Vodvil Comedy Acts."
Billboard reads: "Colleen Moore in "Why be good" - Three Vitaphone Vodvil Comedy Acts."