hippodrometheatre
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Recent uploads
The last upload was July 2017.
Line for Tetrazzini seats (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2017
Hippodrome (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded June 2017
Hippodrome (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded June 2017
Hippodrome (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded October 2014
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Line for Tetrazzini seats (LOC)
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- swanq said:
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Hippodrome (LOC)
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Art Siegel said:
Sixth Avenue btwn. W. 43rd and 44th Sts.,
see
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Richard Norton said:
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204583
Hippodrome (LOC)
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Art Siegel said:
They are lined up outside the Hippodrome in New York, where the production is "Happy Days", an extravaganza with swimmers and elephants. Alexander Woolcott' review: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D01E4D6133DE5... It opened on August 23, 1919, was interrupted by the actors' strike until September 1, and continued until May 15, 1920. www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/happy-days-6673 The care has a 1919 license plate: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_New_... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Hippodrome Location in Nov. 2016 Google Street View, Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave, btwn 43rd and 44th Sts. www.google.com/maps/place/1120+6th+Ave,+New+York,+NY+1003...
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Art Siegel said:
Based on the caption of this other Bain photo, it looks like these are ticket buyers lined up for one of Luisa Tetrazzini's shows:
Hippodrome (LOC)
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swanq said:
Suburban Life, the Countryside Magazine of February 1916 books.google.com/books?id=VC8wAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA69&lp... mentions the introduction of skating exhibitions at the Hippodrome [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Hippodrome] in an article entitled "A Country Sport in City Clothes."
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Art Siegel said:
"The Hippodrome Theatre also called the New York Hippodrome, was a theater in New York City from 1905 to 1939, located on Sixth Avenue between West 43rd and West 44th Streets in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan. It was called the world's largest theatre by its builders and had a seating capacity of 5,300" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Hippodrome
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Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
swanq and Art Siegel: Thanks for both the info on this magnificent theater as well as that good catch about the skating exhibitions. We will expand the record.