Lincoln Theatre
518 32nd Street,
Union City,
NJ
07087
518 32nd Street,
Union City,
NJ
07087
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Closed in November 1971.
Does anyone know the name of the motion picture operator in 1920-30? Does Eugene B, Laird sound familar?
February 12th, 1916 grand opening ad in the photo section.
You might revised your overview statement. The Lincoln opened on Lincoln’s Birthday, February 12, 1916. It was designed by William H. McElfatrick. Note that the film announced on the marquee in your photo was a 1918 release.
According to an article in the Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania Mon, Aug 15, 1921 – Page 8), my great-grandfather Lester MacDonald (a.k.a. Noel Lester, The Great Lester)married Alice May Brown (a.k.a. Alice Hayward, Alice MacDonald, Alice Lester)in the Lincoln Theater. He was a magician-illusionist and Alice was his assistant. My grandmother, Virginia, worked behind the scenes with costumes and props. I would sincerely appreciate any information regarding the theater’s history, especially pictures.
In the 50’s,there were matinees every Saturday and kids were charged 25 cents. The Davis Toy Store – just around the corner on Bergenline Ave – would donate some toys that would be raffled off between the double features for the kids. These matinee movies were usually comedies from Abbott & Costello, Martin & Lewis, some Three Stooges, Westerns etc.
My photos from 6/7/08:
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What a great restaurant. Here is their website.
http://mibanderanj.com/
The restaurant is in the front of the building above the supermarket. But it’s not the former balcony area, maybe a former lobby to the balcony. I was in the restaurant afew weeks ago.
1959 ad (center) courtesy of Bill Huelbig:
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1942 ad (see middle right, courtesy of Bill Huelbig:
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Listed in the 1944 FDY as part of Warner Bros. Listed as part of Stanley Warner Corp. in the 1961 Film Daily Yearbook.
My Mother says this was the nice, class act theater of the neighborhood. She says there were actually candy machines on the backs of some seats, which struck everyone as fancy. She also says there was another movie house in Union City called “The City”, which you show no record of; the opposite of The Lincon in that it was a real flea pit.
The Lincoln Theatre seated 1736 people.