Capitol Theatre
1508 Third Avenue,
Seattle,
WA
98101
1508 Third Avenue,
Seattle,
WA
98101
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Opened in 1924, the Capitol was once part of the Telenews circuit. The former movie house and newsreel theater has faded into the past…
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William Gabel
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The Capitol Theatre originally had a 2/11 Kimball theatre organ installed in 1924.
Great photos of the theater at View link
This theater was the Telenews in the mid-1940s.
Vintage photo (1944) of the theatre when it was the Telenews.
Address:
1508 3rd Ave
Seattle, WA 98101
This is a 1932 photo and here is a 1938 photo.
Here is the 1944 photo of the Telenews Theater that Chuck posted above.
Here is a 1948 photo from Life Magazine:
http://tinyurl.com/6c4jpp
This opened as Capitol on November 11th, 1924 and reopened as Telenews on September 19th, 1941. Sterling owned it during the Telenews years. Both grand opening ads posted here.
The Telenews can be seen on the left in this circa-1942 postcard view of Third Avenue.