It looks like a shoe store is at that address now. I was on South Street not too long ago, but I was unaware of the former theater at this location. Too bad. Anyway, here is a 1945 photo: http://tinyurl.com/29vxqp
They are ripping up the concrete probably just to the right of the theater, going south. I didn’t have a photo with me, so I was approximating. I generally go by the theater driveway cutout that I’ve matched up to the old photos before. Hopefully they will start digging up the theater area next.
I was walking by the Hippodrome site today and I noticed that some of the tile in front of the building had been exposed during the recent construction. Here are a couple of photos: http://tinyurl.com/yogvz3 http://tinyurl.com/ywu4tt
According to this site, the theater is now a church. An internet search also shows Bethel Assembly of God at 2nd and Main Streets in Catawissa. http://www.catawissapa.org/photographs.html
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/3alox3
This undated photo appears to show the State on the right side of the street:
http://tinyurl.com/2nrgeb
Here is a photo, circa late 20s or early 30s:
http://tinyurl.com/3xgkuo
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/35zgd6
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/26uql8
Here is another photo of the Bass Hill:
http://tinyurl.com/24cucy
It looks like a shoe store is at that address now. I was on South Street not too long ago, but I was unaware of the former theater at this location. Too bad. Anyway, here is a 1945 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/29vxqp
How would you like to be the guy buying a ticket in the photo? Forever immortalized on the internet.
Help yourself.
They are ripping up the concrete probably just to the right of the theater, going south. I didn’t have a photo with me, so I was approximating. I generally go by the theater driveway cutout that I’ve matched up to the old photos before. Hopefully they will start digging up the theater area next.
I was walking by the Hippodrome site today and I noticed that some of the tile in front of the building had been exposed during the recent construction. Here are a couple of photos:
http://tinyurl.com/yogvz3
http://tinyurl.com/ywu4tt
Here is a photo, circa 1945:
http://tinyurl.com/28w3c4
Here are some photos:
http://tinyurl.com/yoqf6l
http://tinyurl.com/2ht75y
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/23yzra
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ys3dvh
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2727ud
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yw34z3
Here is the updated link for the DuBois postcards:
http://www.duboispostcardhistory.com/
Scroll down to “A Drive-In Tale” by Alton Moore for some memories of the Cactus:
http://www.psjabears.net/beartales.htm
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/22qplh
The Sierra has been demolished, to be replaced by townhomes. Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2sq7hd
Here is a shortcut to a photo from the theater website:
http://tinyurl.com/3683bu
According to this site, the theater is now a church. An internet search also shows Bethel Assembly of God at 2nd and Main Streets in Catawissa.
http://www.catawissapa.org/photographs.html
Here is a photo following the closure:
http://tinyurl.com/22jbfc
The El Rey is on the left in this 1951 photo from the USC archives:
http://tinyurl.com/3xyngz