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  • <p>1954</p>
  • <p>1960’s</p>
  • <p>10-17-84</p>
  • <p>lockdown 2020</p>
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  • <p>Possibly the most famous of the pictures of the Texas Theater was this snapshot taken just after the apprehension of Lee Harvey Oswald who had sneaked into the Texas Theatre and arrested at 1:51p on November 22, 1963 charged with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Picture became part of the Warren Commission file, Exhibit C.</p>
  • <p>Photo of Oswald’s arrest at the Texas Theatre via the Decaying Hollywood Mansions Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>December 1994</p>
  • <p>Closeup of the theatre</p> <p>2/2</p>
  • <p>Following the year-and-a-half run at the Palace Theatre downtown “The Sound of Music” finally opens at the drive-in for a one week run. The Dale Mabry was the only drive-in in Tampa to play the film. Ad from the Tampa Tribune dated November 21, 1968.</p>
  • <p>1983 post Hurricane Alicia photo credit Anaka Cochran courtesy Retro Houston Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>This 1977 photo shows the sign/marquee for the Capri-70. You can also see the sign/marquee for the Capri Cinema on the lower right.</p>
  • <p>In March of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic closed many theaters and this post from thenTemple’s Facebook page was a similar refrain on the marquees across the globe. The theater reopened in June of 2020.</p>
  • <p>A sign for the times as the World Theatre in Kearney posts its attractor on Facebook during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.</p>
  • <p>1960</p>
  • <p>In downtown Newark, the town celebrates the Yankees World Series win in 1923 and the two-year old Branford Theatre hangs a banner for the Norma Talmadge film to take advantage of the promotional space</p>
  • <p>As a publicity stunt Les Davis (on top of the screen) lives in a tent on top of the Pine Drive-in movie screen in 1955.</p>