Franklin Theater

1706 West Center Street,
Milwaukee, WI 53206

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Opened as the Lexington Theater in 1911. It was equipped with a Schuelke 1 manual tubular pneumatic organ. From at least 1935, it had been renamed Franklin Theater. It was closed in 1961.

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lostmemory
lostmemory on November 23, 2008 at 2:36 pm

Here is a 1950 photo from Life Magazine.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 27, 2008 at 12:53 pm

Here is another Life photo from the same year:
http://tinyurl.com/5b8ztx

lostmemory
lostmemory on November 27, 2008 at 2:28 pm

Same photo. One was a close-up view.

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