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Address is actually in Ann Arbor
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Theater_(Ann_Arbor,_Michigan)

cinematreasures.org
603 E. Liberty Street,
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

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cinematreasures.org

"The Michigan Theater is operated with a mission to preserve, maintain and operate this historic theater for the benefit of the community and the arts. The not-for-profit organization that operated the theater was established in 1979 to save from demolition this 1928 movie palace designed by Detroit area architect Maurice Finkel.

Today, the theater is operated every day of the year with a variety of professional live-on-stage events and a nationally acclaimed program of films. The Michigan Theater is the home of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, the Ann Arbor Film Festival and a major local venue for concert promoter LiveNation. About one-quarter of a million people attend events at the Michigan Theater annually."

swanq, there was Michigan Theater in Lansing: www.lansinghistory.org.

This building is in Omaha, NE

www.nps.gov

cinematreasures.org
2001 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE 68102

Previous names: Riviera Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Astro Theatre

"The Riviera Theatre was built in 1926 and opened on March 26, 1927 with Adolphe Menjou in “Evening Clothes”. It was built by Publix. Two years after opening on May 9, 1929 it was taken over by A.H. Blank, a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures Inc. and re-named Paramount Theatre. It was distinctive for its unusual Atmospheric style Moorish and Italian Renaissance architecture, a combination seldom seen in the Midwest."

"The Astro Theatre closed in the early-1980’s, and in the late-1990’s faced the wrecking ball.
Most fortunately, Mrs. Rose Blumkin, a wealthy Omaha businesswoman, purchased it from Creighton University and completely restored the theatre to its original opulence. The theatre reopened as the Rose Blumkin Performing Arts Center, after its saviour.
The theatre is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places."

Thanks swanq, we'll change it to say Omaha.

pilgrimagemedievalireland.com

The ladies hats suggest 1910 to me.

www.duchas.ie

Niall McAuley Very likely date period
“At some point the well was opened again and by 1910 Grattan Flooded noted the old pilgrimage had been revived and the current wall surrounding the well was erected. The popularity of the pilgrimage is indicated by an add in the Irish Independent September 19th 1910 that noted a car service will to ferry pilgrims from Enniscorthy railway station to the well and back for a fee of 1s. 6d.”

beachcomber australia By George, I think you've got it!

beachcomber australia Yes, looks like July 2nd to me also

The bath house is west and downstream of the well, for obvious reasons, so where is the actual holy well?

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cinematreasures.org
216 16th Street, Denver, CO 80202
Demolished.

"The Centre Theatre was opened on April 29, 1954, with the World Premier of “River of No Return” starring Marilyn Monroe, with Hollywood stars who appeared ‘in person’. It was built for the Fox Inter-Mountain Theatres chain. Seating was provided on a stadium plan, with a raised stepped section at the rear, rather than a conventional overhanging balcony. It was equipped with a 60 feet wide curved CinemaScope screen. It was closed June 30, 1980 with “Star Trek - The Motion Picture” & “Alien”."

It looks closed in this photo.

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cinematreasures.org
129 E. Main Street, New Iberia, LA 70560

"The 600-seat Evangeline Theater on Main Street, New Iberia was opened on April 10, 1930 with Charles Farrell in “Sunny Side Up”. It was donated to the city in 1994 after its days as a movie house had ended by its owners, the Sliman family.

The Evangeline Theater was restored to its original Art Deco style appearance in 1997 and reopened in 1998 as the Sliman Theater for the Performing Arts."

2025 Streetview

PRINTED FOR BENJAMIN RHAMES OF THE UPPER BLIND QUAY

Never heard of Blind Quay before!

A quick Google suggests:
A passage leading to Cork Hill from Isolde’s Tower was known in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries as “Scarlet Lane”.
...
About the close of the reign of James the First, Scarlet Lane became known as the “Blind Quay”. In 1667, it was noted that a large mansion and three tenements, called “Cadogen’s Alley”, were built in a garden in the area. Some of the buildings located on the Blind Quay included St. Dunstan’s Coffee House (1707), The Black Lion and Punchbowl (1742), the Goose and Gridiron (1748), The Hare and Hound and the Ligonier’s Head, both of which were frequented by Masonic Lodges(1751), and The Fountain Tavern(1767). Towards the middle of the sixteenth century, the fortunes of the Blind Quay began to fall and the area was frequented by people of ill – repute. This led, in 1776, to its name being changed to Exchange Street.

Sorry Suck, that's not this tune. Here is the one above - tunearch.org (fixed)

" PENITENT NUN [1], THE. English, Air (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "The Penitent Nun [1]" was an erotic song [Roud 12536] by John Lockman (1698–1771), printed in 'Musical Miscellany (c. 1731, pp. 184-185) to a setting by Nicola Francesco Haym "

Quibble. The site linked above says the Air is in "B Flat Major" (two flats in the key signature). I think it is in G Minor (also two flats); certainly that is where it begins and ends.
Interesting to see the old C18th style of notating music, with the bass line not aligned to the top line; long notes were put in the middle of where they sounded (eek!). The little "6" and "#" etc signs underneath are a shorthand indication of the harmony known as 'figured bass' or 'continuo'; keyboard players would know what to improvise, similar to jazz.
The music engraver would have had to bash each symbol out in reverse on to a copper plate; any mistake and start again ...

The composer (not the author/poet) -
"Nicola Francesco Haym (6 July 1678 – 31 July 1729) was an Italian opera librettist, composer, theatre manager and performer, literary editor and numismatist. He is best remembered for adapting texts into libretti for the London operas of George Frideric Handel and Giovanni Bononcini. ..." Here he is performing 'The Penitent Nun' with friends!
via - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Francesco_Haym

"John Lockman (1698–1771) was an English writer. ...
... His poems were chiefly occasional verse intended to be set to music for Vauxhall [Gardens]. In 1762 he tried, fruitlessly, to get them printed by subscription. He frequently went to court to present his verses to the royal family, and after he became secretary to the British Herring Fishery, he tendered gifts of pickled herrings. Both poems and herrings, he declared, were ‘most graciously accepted.’ "
via - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lockman_(author)

The "For the Flute" part at the bottom is a bit puzzling as it is written in D Minor, which would have sounded dreadful against G Minor. As far as I can tell, C18th flautists were able to transpose any tune at sight, or could insert extra lengths of pipe to convert their instrument.
Someone will know ...

In the deaths column of Saunder's News-letter ofWednesday 14th September 1774,

At his houfe on the Blind-quay, defervedly regretted, Mr. Benjamin Rhames, an eminent dealer in mufic and haberdafher, a man of the moft amiable character.

Some information about Benjamin Rhames here - dublinmusictrade.ie
" Munter states that he 'began music printing around 1760'. "
" His death on 16 September 1774 is reported in the Hibernian Journal where he is described as a 'Dealer in Musick and Haberdashery'. "

Which implies this 'banger' of a song was published 1760 - 1774. The original (see above) was published c. 1731, and probably written a few years before.

Certainly the place to go if you wanted Articles in the Mufical Way. Saunder's News-Letter 29 October 1773. I could do with a new Spinnet Hammer.

A dream lounge!

Sturdy and nostalgic!

Congrats on making Explore! 🎉✨ 👏 - Excellent composition 👌

Congrats on Xplore!!

Congrats on Explore! ⭐ September 25, 2026

👍 congrats on Explore! 😍

Great photo.
Congrats on Explore.

💖✨Congrats on EXPLORE ✨

Congrats………………

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cinematreasures.org
452 Main Street, Delta, CO 81416

"The 750-seat Egyptian Theatre opened on Main Street on October 1, 1928, designed by architect Montana S. Fallis of Denver, who also designed the Mayan Theatre in Denver. Like the Mayan Theatre, Fallis used a then-popular revival style of another ancient culture, this time Egyptian, in this theatre’s decor. In the 1940’s it was operated by Fox Intermountain Theatres Inc. and they closed it in April 1959."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Theatre_(Delta,_Colorado)

Some history is at
www.deltaegyptian.org

Lots of photos at
- www.deltaegyptian.org

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cinematreasures.org
22875 Woodward Avenue, Ferndale, MI 48220
"It opened in February 1937, as part of the RKO circuit"
"It was operated by Suburban Detroit Theatres in the 1960’s, who remodeled the Radio City Theatre in 1964. It was closed, however, by the early-1970’s, and has since been razed."

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I'm glad to say that as of 2026, the Grandview is still there and in business! At the south west corner of Grand Ave and Fairview Ave (hence the name). The theater dates back to 1933.

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Was still active in 2024.
220 Minnesota Ave N, Aitkin, MN 56431
May 2024 Streetview

A website for the theater at aitkinrialto.com referred to by Google is dead.

But it seems to be active in Sept 2026. See www.moviefone.com

According to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aitkin,_Minnesota
"The population was 2,168 at the 2020 census."

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From www.visitpanamacitybeach.com

409 Harrison Ave
Panama City, FL 32401

But link to website is bad.
In 2026, there has been restoration
Feb 2026 Streetview

In 2022, it looks to have been owed by the city of Panama.
Sept 2022 Streetview

For more on the restoration, see
- bcginc.net
and
- www.wjhg.com

cinematreasures.org
Ritz Theater
312 W. Main Street, Council Grove, KS 66846

"The Stella Opera House opened in 1916. It was renamed Stella Theater in 1918 when it began to screen motion pictures. It was renamed Ritz Theater on September 21, 1936 and was closed as a movie theatre on May 21, 1999 with Steve Martin in “The Out-of-Towners”. In 2000 it was used for special events."

Building still there, but looks very closed in
2025 Streetview

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Still there. Used for movies and live performances.
egyptiantheatre.org
135 N. Second Street
DeKalb, IL 60115

2023 Streetview

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A compatible portrait is at:

Miss Helen Stewart Williams, portrait. sketch after photo.
The Inter Ocean [Chicago, Illinois], Dec 9 1894, P. 30, Col. 1
www.newspapers.com

Note: Could not find her name elsewhere on this page.

The same drawing appears at
The Inter Ocean [Chicago, Illinois], Jul 14 1895, P. 30, Col. 1
www.newspapers.com

This was shortly after an engagement had been announced.

The Inter Ocean [Chicago, Illinois], June 23 1895, P. 30, Col. 1
www.newspapers.com
"The engagement is announced of Miss Helen Stewart Williams to Captain Lansing Gilding, of the Essex Guards, whom she met while in Egypt with Mr. and Mrs Walker Fearn. Miss Williams is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Williams, of No. 167 Rush street, who also are abroad at present.
The young woman made her debut here winter before last, but has not been in Chicago since the marriage of Miss Eva Onderdonk to Mr. Percy Fearn, at which occasion she acted as maid of honor. Miss Williams was presented to the Queen when only a young girl, and is much better known in Washington and New York society than here. It is said that the wedding will take place in September at the British embassy at Paris, after which they will go to India, where Captain Gilding has an appointment."

But no marriage to Captain Gilding was reported in the Chicago papers.

Aside: The marriage of Eva Onderdonk to Percy Fearn had been expected to be in a church in Chicago, but was moved to a quiet ceremony at the bride's home followed by a large reception at fairly short notice. The wedding was very widely reported in newspapers, not only in Chicago. Helen Williams was not a maid of honor, but was listed among guests at the reception.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tactician_(P314)

Via Trove ...

'Based at Sydney'
trove.nla.gov.au

'What shall we do with the drunken sailor?!'
trove.nla.gov.au

Lady Bracknell: A hand-bag?

Too many favourite Oscar Wilde quotes, this is but one ...

“Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.”

Go mad - www.goodreads.com

William and Daniel Downey information - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._%26_D._Downey

Wonderful portrait!
"Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."

beachcomber australia I did not say that you can only have one quote, quote an much as you would like!

"To recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less."

clive422 I like it.

"The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing."

Her hair has turned quite gold from grief.

To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

National Library of Ireland on The Commons 👍

“I never saw a man who looked
With such a wistful eye
Upon that little tent of blue
Which prisoners call the sky,
And at every wandering cloud that trailed
Its ravelled fleeces by.”

“And all men kill the thing they love,
By all let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword.”

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

A passage from the same poem was chosen as the epitaph on Wilde's tomb;

And alien tears will fill for him,
Pity's long-broken urn,
For his mourners will be outcast men,
And outcasts always mourn.

Thanks Xenotype, we'll fix the misspelling.

Thanks swanq, it does appear to be the same event. We'll add that to the catalog record.

Thanks swanq, we'll correct the spelling of her name.

thanks for sharing

Here's 1926...

...and 1931...

Interesting black and white architecture photo.