Here is a December 1975 item from the Hagerstown Daily Mail:
The last stage performance in the 61-year old Colonial Theater in downtown Hagerstown is scheduled Saturday night, December 13. The Free State Country Music Jamboree will present its final show in the historic theater, built in 1914, and the theater’s last public entertainment show. The theater has been sold and will become a church at the start of the new year.
Reserved and general admission tickets are available for the show by telephoning 781-2800 or stopping at the Colonial Theater box office on Friday and Saturday afternoons. Saturday’s show, however, will not be the last Free State Jamboree, Kline will re-open the Jamboree on Saturday, January 10, in North Hagerstown High School auditorium with a show by Mel Street, Freddie Hart and the Heartbeats, and Buddy Rick and the Country Giants.
A public sale of historic mementoes from both the Colonial and Maryland Theaters will be held at the Maryland Theater on Saturday, December 20. The sale will include usable theater items.
Here is a photo circa 1938:
http://tinyurl.com/ct37m6
Here is a November 1961 ad from the Cedar Rapids Gazette:
http://tinyurl.com/cwwhe4
There is a lot more technical detail than I expected. I had to google “vomitory”, which wasn’t what I thought it was.
Here is a 1983 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/c46kra
I got my book in the mail today. Looks great!
I had cousins that lived in McLean in the 1960s. I recall them taking us over to the mall site that was under construction in the late sixties.
Here is a June 1967 ad from the Southern Illinoisan:
http://tinyurl.com/df94cq
Here is a July 1967 ad from the Alton Evening Telegraph:
http://tinyurl.com/dfdek4
Here is a February 1967 ad from the Alton Evening Telegraph:
http://tinyurl.com/chgu7t
Here is a September 1967 ad from the Oakland Tribune:
http://tinyurl.com/d7kxrc
Here is a November 1951 ad from the Oakland Tribune:
http://tinyurl.com/ctyade
Here is an October 1950 ad from the Oakland Tribune:
http://tinyurl.com/d3w4ut
Here is a January 1955 ad from the Covina Argus Citizen:
http://tinyurl.com/cryfbd
Here is a photo from the LAPL:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00080/00080196.jpg
Here is a photo from the LAPL:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00080/00080197.jpg
Here is a 1970 photo from the LAPL:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00080/00080198.jpg
Here is a December 1975 item from the Hagerstown Daily Mail:
The last stage performance in the 61-year old Colonial Theater in downtown Hagerstown is scheduled Saturday night, December 13. The Free State Country Music Jamboree will present its final show in the historic theater, built in 1914, and the theater’s last public entertainment show. The theater has been sold and will become a church at the start of the new year.
Reserved and general admission tickets are available for the show by telephoning 781-2800 or stopping at the Colonial Theater box office on Friday and Saturday afternoons. Saturday’s show, however, will not be the last Free State Jamboree, Kline will re-open the Jamboree on Saturday, January 10, in North Hagerstown High School auditorium with a show by Mel Street, Freddie Hart and the Heartbeats, and Buddy Rick and the Country Giants.
A public sale of historic mementoes from both the Colonial and Maryland Theaters will be held at the Maryland Theater on Saturday, December 20. The sale will include usable theater items.
Here is an update for the 3/31/07 link:
http://tinyurl.com/cflzps
Circa late 1950s from the Toledo Public Library:
http://tinyurl.com/dkzqph
Here is a contemporary view:
http://tinyurl.com/dgwzfp
Here is a three part ad that was in the Ukiah News in December 1955:
http://tinyurl.com/cyhx3m
http://tinyurl.com/c75xfg
http://tinyurl.com/dcqlc3
Here is an August 1960 ad from the Oakland Tribune:
http://tinyurl.com/cxtcao
Here is a 1983 photo:
http://snipurl.com/hasby
Here are some photos from 1985:
http://tinyurl.com/derlsg
http://tinyurl.com/c6cfrf
http://tinyurl.com/d5kzs3
http://tinyurl.com/c6636m
http://tinyurl.com/cfnenw
Here are photos from 1983 and 1984:
http://tinyurl.com/d6rqzt
http://tinyurl.com/dyg8d4