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| Title | Arabian Theater on Aurora after it closed, Seattle, 1956 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1956 |
| Caption | The Arabian Theater was located on the east side of Aurora Avenue North just south of North 80th Street. Built in 1925, it was one of many neighborhood theaters featuring movies and amateur vaudeville. The Arabian closed in 1954 but the structure still exists, complete with pinwheel stained glass window. |
| Notes | Signs in image include: Fuller Glass.
Schneider Hardware.
Arabian Grocery and Delicatessen.
Sterling's Arabian.
Arabian Tavern.
Mayflower Automobile Insurance.
Cooper Realty.
Street number on door of hardware and paint store: 7618.
Handwritten on image: Arabian Theater & vacant stores on Aurora Ave. 7-4-56.
Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, THEATERS, Arabian closed.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): July 6, 1956. |
| Subjects | Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Motion picture theaters--Washington (State)--Seattle; Stores & shops--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sidewalks--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.12626.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
