I found those two on a Facebook page called Forgotten Oregon.
I must have found 10-15 pics of various theatres, and I wasn’t even ¼ of the way through their photos section.
I’ve already created 4 new CT pages for missing theatres based on what I’ve found.
Still need to make one for the Parkrose when I have time.
Below is a link to the new page for the Music Box Theatre.
It includes a pdf link that must be copied & pasted to access and open, that has the full history of the building from the Historic Resource Inventory of Portland.
Also below is a PDX History link that has photos of most Portland theatres.
The Overview should be credited to Joe Vogel.
Below is the Historic Resource Inventory link/PDF which has the full history of the Broadhill Building/Music Box Theatre. Copy and paste is the only way to access the link.
I’ve submitted a CT page for the Music Box Theatre next door to the Fox, including Joe Vogel’s information above. As well as additional info I found in a PDF, which I will add with photos once the page is up.
For the record it was built in 1924 as the Broadhill Building, and remodeled in 1959 into the Music Box.
1945-46 photo added, credit Robert McNeill (RU ET 61), courtesy of Susan McNeill.
Via the below website, with a link to an article by Briana Thomas of Washingtonian Magazine.
(Article uses a cropped version.)
Circa 1964 photo added courtesy of Laurie Hamlin Kemhus.
Note the Sunset Drive-In sign on the wall of the Times Theatre building.
Gregory Kershul the owner of the Times, originally bought the Sunset Drive-In in Gearhart Oregon in 1955, before buying the Times Theatre in 1959.
His obituary is below.
I will add a CT page for the Sunset Drive-in.
Photo added credit Louis Rico.
Apparently this replica of the Whittier marquee is located in the Verizon store on Beverly and Norwalk, Southwest corner.
Photo credit Louis Rico.
1965 & 2016 photos added. The latter has a marquee that reads “No Longer A Porn Theatre”.
I found those two on a Facebook page called Forgotten Oregon. I must have found 10-15 pics of various theatres, and I wasn’t even ¼ of the way through their photos section. I’ve already created 4 new CT pages for missing theatres based on what I’ve found. Still need to make one for the Parkrose when I have time.
1970 photo added, credit University of Oregon Library with link below it. 1964 photo added courtesy of John Chiax.
Below is a link to the new page for the Music Box Theatre. It includes a pdf link that must be copied & pasted to access and open, that has the full history of the building from the Historic Resource Inventory of Portland. Also below is a PDX History link that has photos of most Portland theatres.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/55378
http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/portland_theaters.html
The Overview should be credited to Joe Vogel. Below is the Historic Resource Inventory link/PDF which has the full history of the Broadhill Building/Music Box Theatre. Copy and paste is the only way to access the link.
heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=main.loadFile&load=55589.pdf
Early `50’s photo added courtesy of Curtis R. Hickman.
I’ve submitted a CT page for the Music Box Theatre next door to the Fox, including Joe Vogel’s information above. As well as additional info I found in a PDF, which I will add with photos once the page is up. For the record it was built in 1924 as the Broadhill Building, and remodeled in 1959 into the Music Box.
Circa 1962 postcard added courtesy of Craig Addams.
Circa 1963 postcard added courtesy of Craig Addams.
Circa 1960 postcard added courtesy of Paul Jeffries.
1961 photo added courtesy of the book Spectacular Illumination, by Tom Zimmerman and J. Eric Lynxwiler
Two 1939 photos added courtesy of the Boston Public Library.
1945-46 photo added, credit Robert McNeill (RU ET 61), courtesy of Susan McNeill. Via the below website, with a link to an article by Briana Thomas of Washingtonian Magazine. (Article uses a cropped version.)
http://www.dchistory.org/forgotten-history-u-street/?mc_cid=92d6702e23&mc_eid=e3e115991b
Circa 1920’s photo added courtesy of Steve Betz.
1920 photo added courtesy of Paul Jeffries. Above the poster it reads “All Talking Pictures”.
Here is the link that mentions the development on the old drive-in site. Paragraph 9.
http://www.jerryregan.com/gearhart-oregon.asp
Photo taken 3/25/66-4/21/66.
Full history of the St. John’s back to 1911 in the below website.
http://www.hauntedhouses.com/states/or/saint_johns_theatre.htm
Circa 1964 photo added courtesy of Laurie Hamlin Kemhus.
Note the Sunset Drive-In sign on the wall of the Times Theatre building. Gregory Kershul the owner of the Times, originally bought the Sunset Drive-In in Gearhart Oregon in 1955, before buying the Times Theatre in 1959. His obituary is below. I will add a CT page for the Sunset Drive-in.
http://www.hughes-ransom.com/obituary/Gregory-Kershul/Seaside-OR/1629022
1946 photo as the Venitian Theater added courtesy of Dennis Belcher.
Photo added credit Louis Rico. Apparently this replica of the Whittier marquee is located in the Verizon store on Beverly and Norwalk, Southwest corner. Photo credit Louis Rico.
1940’s photo added courtesy of Preservation Chicago.
1947 photo added courtesy of Steve Lewandowski.
Early `50’s photo and copy added credit Mike Isenberg. The only Taxi in Cave City, KY. (1935 Chevrolet Master Deluxe)
Thought some might find this article interesting, about the nearby Paris Opera House. Feel free to delete if desired.
http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/08/26/unmasking-the-parisian-phantom-of-the-opera/