Osborne Theatre
108 Osborne Street South,
Winnipeg,
MB
R3L 1Y5
108 Osborne Street South,
Winnipeg,
MB
R3L 1Y5
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This theater might be on the site of an earlier Osborne Theatre that was destroyed by fire on December 12, 1917, as reported in the January 5, 1918, issue of The Moving Picture World. The address of the destroyed theater was not given, but the loss was estimated at $42,000.
Here is a picture taken from the corner of River and Osborne — the marquee can be seen in the background:
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(source: Winnipeg Tribune Archives)
That used to be a theatre? Wow, I’ll have to take a good look at it next time I go past.
This has recently been converted to an American Apparel store. If you squint just right, though, you can still see it as a cinema…
Here is a 1945 ad from the Winnipeg Free Press:
http://tinyurl.com/yqj67j