Bays Theatre
56 Montauk Highway,
Hampton Bays,
NY
11946
56 Montauk Highway,
Hampton Bays,
NY
11946
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Many thanks. Just completed the “paperwork” to put the new Deer Park Stadium 16 & Imax up and have five others in the research stage. I was so happy to find this site. I thought I was the only obsessive one on the subject.
Spme laptops have a touchpad that will emulate the mouse buttons. You might have to check the instruction manual for your computer. Also, many laptops have a port to add an external mouse.
Thanks. Problem here is I have a laptop and don’t use a mouse. Do I have an equivalent of “right click”? Obviously, I’m just learning as specific needs/desires show up. I’ve been eyeballing various courses at the library but this sort of thing is beyond the basic sort of stuff they are offering.
When you find a photo or a website that you want to post a link to, right click your mouse on the address shown in your web browser for that website or photo and choose copy. To add that link to a comment, right click your mouse and choose paste to include that address link in your comment. You’ll get the hang of it after doing it a few times.
Thanks, you made my day. I’ve got to get to your level so I don’t have to rely on you or Warren to access images I’ve found.
I followed your instructions and I found the photo. Click here to view the circa 1935 photo showing the Bays Theater on the left.
Something weird is going on with this site. When I went back to check my 5:39 entry it wasn’t there. So I put in another one. Now both are there.
I just entered “hampton bays historical society”. When a series of items came up I clicked on the first one. When the home page came up I clicked on Hampton Bays history and voila, as they say. If something special is going on the home page doesn’t always come up first. Would that be a problem to access? I’m very new to the computer and haven’t a clue how I’d create a link.
Main Street/ Montauk Highway same difference. It just depends upon what is in fashion.
As far as the photo is concerned I just enter “hampton bays historical society”. On the home page is a category “Hampton Bays History”. Click on that and there is the image of the theatre from 1935. You can actually see the 35 cent admission price on the side of the building. Today the home page came up first. Sometimes there is a feature showing some current activity and you have to scroll to get you back to the home page.
The Bays Theater is also listed in 1940, 1945, 1950 and 1955 with 210 seats. I presume that it was open at those times. In 1950 and 1955 the location given is Main Street. And the address above maps to 56 East Montauk Highway.
I would be happy to post the photo link for you rvb but I can’t find the photo. What words did you use to perform the search on the Hampton Bays Historical Society site?
Glad you found my posting of this site Lost Memory. You have the techie knowledge to access the image from the Hampton Bays Historical Society. As far as closing and opening again the society records have no knowledge of this but a family relative, who is at the society, gave me the info I had. She’s trying to check further through family members, building permits and fire commissioner reports. Hopefully, we’ll be able to flesh this out more.
The 1935 Film Daily lists the Bays Theater as closed with 210 seats. It must have opened again at a later date.