Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>October 6, 1936</p>
  • <p>A 1964 film. Photo courtesy George Carpinone.</p>
  • <p>Previously published in The Pawtucket Times and Freefall Magazine - Canada. Note that the film “American Buffalo” was shot outside and near the Leroy Theatre.</p>
  • <p>November 13, 1915 in the Pawtucket Times. Theatre would open on November 15, 1915.</p>
  • <p>FRom New York Times archives</p>
  • <p>Film released in October 1962.</p>
  • <p>1941</p>
  • <p>In 1941.</p>
  • <p>January 19, 1932</p>
  • <p>June 9, 1944</p>
  • <p>May 9, 1934</p>
  • <p>Palace & Newsreel theatres from 1930s footage on YouTube.</p>
  • <p>The Hastings Building, built in 1882, served as the site of the Hathaway Theater. It was later the WT Grant Store. the building existed till the 1970s.</p>
  • <p>February 5, 1947</p>
  • <p>Strand marquee visible on right, 1955.</p>
  • <p>Photo from the 1930s or so. Bijou sign visble on left. Sign on right for the St.James Hotel, destroyed in a 1986 fire.</p>
  • <p>Early 20th Century. Area around the Bijou Theatre, which can be seen on the right beyond the railroad bridge. It is recognizable by its white dome.</p>
  • <p>In the 1970s as the PALACE, in relation to the legendary Shepard’s Tea Room on Mathewson Street.</p>
  • <p>Forum marquee in the center background. 1961 photo via unknown encyclopedia source.</p>
  • <p>1953 photo via Dennis May.</p>
  • <p>September 28, 1953</p>
  • <p>Royal Theatre, pre-1915.</p>
  • <p>April 25, 1920</p>
  • <p>April 4, 1919 ad.</p>
  • <p>An early 1900s postcard of Wakefield’s Main Street. The building on the left, with what appears to be a vertical marquee, MAY have housed the Royal Theatre which was on the second floor. In fact the last word on that marquee appears to be THEATRE. So I believe that was the Royal Theatre.</p>
  • <p>July 11, 1913 in the Narragansett Times.</p>
  • <p>October 20, 1933.</p>
  • <p>From the 1950s.</p>