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| Title | Music Hall Theatre, April 5, 1939 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1939 |
| Caption | When Seattle's Music Hall Theatre opened in 1929, it was called the Mayflower Theatre. It had 2, 600 seats and elaborate decor, and it presented movies, lectures, concerts, plays, and vaudeville shows. Business began to fall off in the 1960s, with the start of television and the growth of the suburbs. Even Broadway musicals, ice shows, dinner theater, and Las Vegas revues couldn't save the theater. The Music Hall was torn down in 1991-1992.
This 1939 photo shows the front of the Music Hall Theatre, which stood at Seventh Avenue and Olive Way in Seattle. |
| Notes | Envelope incorrectly identifies building as Music Box Theatre. |
| Subjects | Theaters; Music Hall Theatre (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.13291.1 |
| 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 | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative : safety film, b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 147, 619 |
