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Postcard featuring a view of Boston's Theatre District, undated
Visitors to Boston sent postcards home showing that they had seen the celebrated Washington Street theater and shopping district
View of Boston's Theatre District, including the restored Modern Theatre, undated
The Modern Theatre has been called the “jewel in the crown” of Boston’s restored Theater District. (unknown, commissioned by Suffolk)
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…
Portrait of Architect Clarence H. Blackall (1857-1942), circa 1877
Architect Clarence H. Blackall (1857-1942) was known for his hundreds of theaters, but he also designed one of Boston’s first skyscrapers, the nine-story Carter Winthrop Building at 7 Water St. Blackall also designed 17 theaters in and around Boston.…
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
Advertisment for movies featured at the Mayflower Theatre, undated
The Modern Theatre was renamed the Mayflower
Advertisment for movies featured at the Mayflower Theatre, undated
The Modern Theatre was renamed the Mayflower
Illustration of an scene from Harry Hom Dow's play, "A Day in the Chinese Division"
Hand drawn illustration of a scene from a play written by Harry Hom Dow about the review of a case in the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service in which the applicant, a Chinese man played by Dow, is denied admission to the United…
Members of the Suffolk University Players perform a pantomime
Pictured are Stephen Fougian, Sydney Attenberg, [Gamer?] Bethel, George Barney, Timothy McInerny, Norman Robinson, Frank Rindone, Alfred [Hinzer], Bill Kelley, and Robert Jameson (transcribed from verso)
Members of Suffolk University's Drama Club, 1961
Pictured: Israel Horowitz appears in the back row
