15 cent movie tickets from the Modern Theatre, undated
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1914 Modern Theatre program
The program includes a synopsis of the photo play as well as a list of coming attractions and advertising.
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1914
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1947 U.S. postage stamp featuring Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison experimented with the transmission of vocal sounds and images while living in the Boston area. The great inventor was commemorated in a U.S. postage stamp
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1947
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A mural is restored in Suffolk University's Modern Theatre, undated
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Advertisment for movies featured at the Mayflower Theatre, undated
The Modern Theatre was renamed the Mayflower
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Advertisment for movies featured at the Mayflower Theatre, undated
The Modern Theatre was renamed the Mayflower
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Blueprint featuring Modern Theatre marquee ceiling
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1930
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Boston newspaper listing advertises a 1940 double feature playing at the paired Modern and Beacon theaters.
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1940
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Boston newspaper listing from advertises a 1940 double feature playing at the paired Modern and Beacon theaters. The film reels were transported from one venue to the other by streetcar between showings.
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1882-1915
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Design for a new Modern Theatre marquee, side view
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Early film camera developed by Thomas Edison
This early film camera was developed by Thomas Edison, whose invention of the Kinetoscope and the Vitascope led to the first silent motion pictures.
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Engraving of John & James Dobson Carpets at 323 Washington Street, Boston, MA
A furniture warehouse designed by Levi Newcomb & Son was built at 323 Washington St. In 1876. Later it became a carpet warehouse and later still was converted into the Modern Theatre.
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1881
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Exterior of Suffolk University's Modern Theatre
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Exterior of the Modern Theatre, 1926
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1926
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Interior of the Modern Theatre after many years of neglect
Years of neglect left the interior of the Modern Theatre in ruins. Yet a hint of the refined colors and the elegant Florentine-Renaissance décor remained. These elements inform the interior design for the new Modern Theatre.
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Interior of the Modern Theatre during the restoration, undated
A deteriorated roof and years of neglect left the interior of the Modern Theatre in ruins by the 2000s.
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Interior of the Modern Theatre, undated
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Interior of the Modern Theatre. Undated
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Judith Selwyn of Preservation Technology Associates looks over the marble blocks incised with the Modern Theatre name during Suffolk University’s restoration of the historic theater’s façade, 2009
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Louis B. Mayer and Joan Crawford in Hollywood, undated
Mayer began his movie career in Haverhill, Massachusetts, by converting a burlesque house into a movie theater. Eventually he was to lead the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio.
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Modern Theater Interior and Floor Plan from the The American Architect, Vol. CVII, No. 2049.
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Modern Theatre marquee featuring "First Men in the Moon," 1964
Marquee advertises a sci-fi film released in 1964 and shot in Dynavision, an early special-effects process
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1964
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Modern Theatre sign at night, undated
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New England Theatres Operating Company, or NETOCO, pamphlet, circa 1927
Modern Theatre owner Jacob Lourie built a theater empire as owner of New England Theatres Operating Company, or NETOCO, which at its height operated 35 theaters. The company was affiliated with the Paramount studio until antitrust action broke up such partnerships.
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1927
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Nighttime in Boston’s Theater District, 2012
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2012
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