15 cent movie tickets from the Modern Theatre, undated
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A Day in the Chinese Division (A Farce)
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A play written by Harry Hom Dow depicting 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 States after being caught with a "coaching document."
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Harry Hom Dow Papers, 1911-1985 (MS 111)
Series 02: Personal Files, Box: 4, Folder: Dow, Harry Hom - plays about INS authored by Dow
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A mural is restored in Suffolk University's Modern Theatre, undated
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A performance of Energy in Action at the C.Walsh Theatre
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Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 2
Suffolk University Records
circa 1950s
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Actor and alumnus Paul Benedict (AB 1960) in the C. Walsh Theatre during a visit to Suffolk University
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Series SUJ-004.04 Special Materials: Photographs: Events, Box 34
Suffolk University Records
1980
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Actor Paul Benedict onstage, in a Suffolk University Drama Club production of "Dial M for Murder"
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Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 4
Suffolk University Records
May 1959
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Actors on the stage during a production of a play at Suffolk University's C. Walsh Theatre (55 Temple Street)
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Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 3
Suffolk University Records
1953
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Actors onstage for a Suffolk University Drama Club production, 1953
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Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 3
Suffolk University Records
1953
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Actors onstage for a Suffolk University Drama Club production, circa 1950s
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Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 2
Suffolk University Records
circa 1950s
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Actors reading lines on stage during a rehearsal of "Three Angels" at Suffolk University's C. Walsh Theatre (55 Temple Street)
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Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 8
Suffolk University Records
1967
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Actors reading lines on stage during a rehearsal of "Three Angels" at Suffolk University's C. Walsh Theatre (55 Temple Street)
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Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 8
Suffolk University Records
1967
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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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Archer building, exterior view, showing the Suffolk Photo Plays Theatre on Temple Street
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Suffolk University Records
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Backstage photograph of a production of "Three Angels" at Suffolk University's C. Walsh Theatre (55 Temple Street)
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Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student life, Box 8
Suffolk University Records
1967
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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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Drama Club production, Suffolk University, 1951
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Series SUJ-004.01 Special Materials: Photographs: Student Life, Box 3
Suffolk University Records
1951
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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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Exterior of Suffolk University's Modern Theatre
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Exterior of the Modern Theatre, 1926
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Illustration of an scene from Harry Hom Dow's play, "A Day in the Chinese Division"
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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 States after being caught with a "coaching document." The caption at the bottom of the drawing reads, "Wan To Go applies for admission to the U.S.," and the inscription reads, "To Harry, a memento of the night Jan. 7, 1938, [signature indiscernible]"
Harry Hom Dow Papers, 1911-1985 (MS 111)
Series 02: Personal Files, Box: 4, Folder: Dow, Harry Hom - plays about INS authored by Dow
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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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