Comments from kencmcintyre

The LA Library just put together several new volumes of the directories in the downtown branch. These aren’t falling apart like the old ones. They span about 1915 to 1942.

In 1942 the Chinese was at 136 S. Main, according to the city directory of that year.

Here are two photos from 1979:
http://tinyurl.com/op4t8e
http://tinyurl.com/pyceaa

Here is the theater building today:
http://tinyurl.com/pjtqlg

Still the Navarro in the 1915 city directory.

Here is a 1980 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/r6p4ph

Here is a November 1950 ad from the Santa Fe New Mexican:
http://tinyurl.com/rds5zd

Here is a July 1977 ad from the Galveston Daily News:
http://tinyurl.com/owwau8

Here is an August 1958 ad from the Bridgeport Post:
http://tinyurl.com/phga6u

Here is an August 1958 ad from the Bridgeport Post:
http://tinyurl.com/opaxhs

Here is a December 1936 ad from the Miami Daily News-Record. The same issue advertised the New Baxter Theater in Baxter Springs, KS. I didn’t see that one listed, so if anyone wants to add it feel free.
http://tinyurl.com/o3qgpa

Here is an August 1973 ad from the Lawton Constitution:
http://tinyurl.com/p5cd5c

Here is a November 1972 ad from the Lawton Constitution. I guess Lusticolor never really caught on.
http://tinyurl.com/qc23m7