See and compare; 1930 & 1945 photos of the OKC Warner Bros. Tower & Midwest Theater can be viewed by typing in “theater” or “Midwest”, then hit search - View link
Seems OHS corrected their error. Both the Shawnee Bison Theatre and Enid Aztec (minus balcony) were sister houses, designed by Carl Boller. To compare images, on above post type in name “Aztec”, “Bison”, or “Esquire”.
Don & Gene:
For vintage photos of just about every theatre that ever existed in Lubbock, TX, go to the link on Seymour’s 08/28/07 post and type in word ‘theatre’. You’ll see some really nice shots.
Recently on a train bound for Chicago I crossed paths with an elderly woman named Vera who had worked in Oklahoma City during the ‘40’s & 50’s as a bartender in a tavern called the Linger Longer Lounge, across from the Pix Theatre. Vera told me about the days when newstands along Reno Street sold hard-core porn pulp magazines from “under the counter”, and only to customers they knew.
She went on to tell about how when Viewmaster invented stereo-photo disk these same newstands sold illegal stereo “beaver color shot” disks. These disk fit into standard Viewmaster toys and were much sought after, but very hard to get because they violated copyright and patent privileges, and any merchant caught pushing them would get into BIG trouble!
Most of these newstands also had backroom arcades where ancient cast iron peep show machines ground out X-rated loops. These machines created 3-D effects with continuouse film strips that had two seperate side-by-side images that when viewed together through stereopticon lenses produced a true 3-D illusion.
Vera said Johnny Law seldom bothered with vice along Reno Street, but would crack down hard on any merchant who tried to pedal adult material outside this shady district of OKC.
Gone are the days …
Original design of the Palace Theatre was French themed. When a new marquee replaced the old bronze and glass canopy, the look was updated to 1940s Moderne. Gleeming enamaled paneling sheathed the facade in 1963, bringing about a fresh new look.
Look at 1936, 1941, & 1963 photos by typing in word “palace”, View link
Look at vintage photos of this cinema interior and exterior by typing in name “Plaza”,
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Vintage photos of the exterior & interior can be seen by typing in name “Ritz”,
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Vintage images of this cinema can be seen by typing name “Texan”,
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See and compare; 1930 & 1945 photos of the OKC Warner Bros. Tower & Midwest Theater can be viewed by typing in “theater” or “Midwest”, then hit search -
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View 1930 & 1945 photos of the Warner Bros. Office Tower and Midwest Theater by typing in word “theater” or “Midwest”,
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Seems OHS corrected their error. Both the Shawnee Bison Theatre and Enid Aztec (minus balcony) were sister houses, designed by Carl Boller. To compare images, on above post type in name “Aztec”, “Bison”, or “Esquire”.
To view vintage exterior/interior images type in word ‘crown’,
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You can have fun on this link by typing in words such as ‘drawing’, ‘architecture’, ‘theatre’, etc …
To view vintage exterior/interior images type in word ‘borger’,
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You can have fun on this link by typing in words such as ‘drawing’, ‘architecture’, ‘theatre’, etc …
To view vintage exterior/interior images type in word ‘theatre’,
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You can have fun on this link by typing in words such as ‘drawing’, ‘architecture’, ‘theatre’, etc …
To view vintage exterior/interior images type in word ‘rex’,
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You can have fun on this link by typing in words such as ‘drawing’, ‘architecture’, ‘theatre’, and the like …
To view vintage exterior/interior images type in word ‘cozy’,
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You can have a lot of fun on this link by typing in words such as ‘drawing’, ‘architecture’, ‘theatre’, and other theatrical terms …
To view vintage images type in word ‘theatre’,
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You can have a lot of fun on this by typing in words like ‘drawing’, ‘architecture’, ‘theatre’, and such …
View vintage photos by typing in word “theatre”,
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View vintage photos by typing in word “theatre”,
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View vintage photos by typing in word “theatre”,
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View vintage interior/exterior photos by typing in word “theatre”,
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Don & Gene:
For vintage photos of just about every theatre that ever existed in Lubbock, TX, go to the link on Seymour’s 08/28/07 post and type in word ‘theatre’. You’ll see some really nice shots.
See this open air cinema as it original looked as the Broken Arrow Drive-In Theatre,
http://tulsatvmemories.com/aida.html
Check out this site for complete history, with pictures, of Sheidan Drive,
http://tulsatvmemories.com/aida.html
Recently on a train bound for Chicago I crossed paths with an elderly woman named Vera who had worked in Oklahoma City during the ‘40’s & 50’s as a bartender in a tavern called the Linger Longer Lounge, across from the Pix Theatre. Vera told me about the days when newstands along Reno Street sold hard-core porn pulp magazines from “under the counter”, and only to customers they knew.
She went on to tell about how when Viewmaster invented stereo-photo disk these same newstands sold illegal stereo “beaver color shot” disks. These disk fit into standard Viewmaster toys and were much sought after, but very hard to get because they violated copyright and patent privileges, and any merchant caught pushing them would get into BIG trouble!
Most of these newstands also had backroom arcades where ancient cast iron peep show machines ground out X-rated loops. These machines created 3-D effects with continuouse film strips that had two seperate side-by-side images that when viewed together through stereopticon lenses produced a true 3-D illusion.
Vera said Johnny Law seldom bothered with vice along Reno Street, but would crack down hard on any merchant who tried to pedal adult material outside this shady district of OKC.
Gone are the days …
What do you smoke, Seymour? There are twenty years between 1948 and 1968.
You’re right, Melba, and Tower Theatre shots mentioned on Seymour’s post are those of the Drumright Tower.
The Oklah Theatre began life as a frontier opera house. View an 1902 image of the Oklah below,
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Original design of the Palace Theatre was French themed. When a new marquee replaced the old bronze and glass canopy, the look was updated to 1940s Moderne. Gleeming enamaled paneling sheathed the facade in 1963, bringing about a fresh new look.
Look at 1936, 1941, & 1963 photos by typing in word “palace”,
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Look at 1936 interior/exterior images by typing word ‘mid-west",
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