State Theater

501 MacDonald Avenue,
Richmond, CA 94801

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on January 9, 2008 at 7:54 pm

This ca.1943 photo by Dorothea Lange depicts the State Theatre. The picture is one of a large number of photos taken in Richmond by Lange during WWII, afew of which depict the city’s theatres.

lostmemory
lostmemory on November 9, 2007 at 6:58 am

This is MacDonald Avenue circa 1951. The State Theater can be seen on the right.

JohnRice
JohnRice on May 23, 2004 at 7:34 pm

The State was a second run Fox West Coast house at 501 McDonald Avenue (5th & McDonald) with 610 seats. It sometimes featured move over programs from the Costa, just two blocks away on McDonald. It closed in the early 1950’s.