Providence Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street,
Providence,
RI
02903
220 Weybosset Street,
Providence,
RI
02903
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In 1944 during the drive to combat infantile paralysis, this theatre (then called Loew’s State) collected more than any other RI theatre. This newspaper ad shows what participating RI theatres collected.
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This is also a good guide to many (but not all) of the movie theatres in operation in RI that year. Missing are theatres in Johnston, East Providence, and a couple of other places.
FDR, president at the time, suffered the effects of infantile paralysis (polio). The first polio vaccine was available in the United States in 1955. Because of its widespread use, the United States has been polio-free since 1979.