I added a wider version of the 1948 photo that was previously posted as a BrooklynPix.com photo in 2007.
It shows a little bit more of the marquee on the left.
It was found on the AmeriCar The Beautiful Facebook page.
Not sure how it precedes the BrooklynPix.com watermark, since it is a larger image.
I can only assume it was the correct size before they claimed it.
A wider version photo clearly existed before their watermark was added to a narrower version.
An obscure 1934 artist depiction added featuring each of the downtown Knoxville movie theatres!
Image and copy courtesy of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound Facebook page.
Jackpot!
Full size version of the 1943 photo on the Arcadia Historical Society website.
Copy & paste link to view.
I’ll add it to the Photos Section too.
I added a wider version of the 1948 photo that was previously posted as a BrooklynPix.com photo in 2007. It shows a little bit more of the marquee on the left. It was found on the AmeriCar The Beautiful Facebook page. Not sure how it precedes the BrooklynPix.com watermark, since it is a larger image. I can only assume it was the correct size before they claimed it. A wider version photo clearly existed before their watermark was added to a narrower version.
1959 photo as the Roxy added courtesy of the AmeriCar The Beautiful Facebook page.
1928 photo added of the Rialto Theatre.
Wall Drug is a 510 Main Street.
Howard blade sign photo added. Howard Terminal Yard, September 14, 1972, Photo credit Marty Bernard
An obscure 1934 artist depiction added featuring each of the downtown Knoxville movie theatres! Image and copy courtesy of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound Facebook page.
Circa 1950 photo added courtesy of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound Facebook page. Lyric Theatre marquee behind the bus.
1929 photo courtesy of the P.C. Dixon Collection and 1931 photo added courtesy of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound Facebook page.
1962 photo added courtesy of the John Chuckman Collection.
Jackpot! Full size version of the 1943 photo on the Arcadia Historical Society website. Copy & paste link to view. I’ll add it to the Photos Section too.
http://arcadiahistoricalsociety.org/roy-rogers-and-trigger-visit-arcadia/
1963 photo added courtesy of the Y-Block Guy Facebook page.
Link about the Marlow with many photos. Copy & paste to view.
http://www.helenahistory.org/marlow_theatre.htm
Photo added credit The Moving Picture News, May 4th, 1912. From the below Silent-ology link. Copy and paste to view.
https://silentology.wordpress.com/2015/04/26/lost-films-saved-from-the-titanic-1912/
Google Street View is from 2008. Link wouldn’t post here, without spoofing another theatre’s name in the link’s URL.
April 1954 poster added courtesy of Bob Randolph.
2nd to last paragraph mentions the Victory.
https://firsthumanwrites.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/have-you-ever-had-an-oklahoma-hello/
One redevelopment plan refers to it as the Victory Theater area. Copy & paste to view.
http://historicdowntownpoteau.com/?page_id=19
Poteau History confirms it stood where Dewey Plaza is today. But they have the block number wrong as 200. 164 is correct. Copy & paste to view.
http://www.poteauchamber.com/Community/History/tabid/87/Default.aspx
Undated photo added courtesy of Rich Bird.
1963 photo added courtesy of Mike T. Cancemi.
Undated aerial photo added courtesy of Brent N Lois Melander.
Recent article with marquee photo from premiere of “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure”, 1985. Copy & paste to view.
http://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2015/04/09/movies-that-shaped-me-pee-wees-big-adventure/
1966 photo added of Iggy Pop & Dan Erlewine near the State Theatre. Photo credit Flickr: Guitar-Tech.
Details and fade of then & now below. Copy & paste to view.
http://www.whatwasthere.com/browse.aspx#!/ll/42.278926,-83.740797/id/6107/info/sv/zoom/14/
Description with Page 1 of ad.
1920 newspaper image added courtesy of the Decaying Hollywood Mansions Facebook page.