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Alexander Pantages
Alexander Pantages
TitleAlexander Pantages
PhotographerUnknown
Date1910
NotesFiled in Portraits--Pantages, Alexander
Contextual NotesAlexander Pantages (1876-1936) born on the Greek island of Andros. He was a theatrical entrepreneur who had a considerable impact on the development of popular stage entertainments in the Puget Sound region in the early twentieth century. He created a large and popular vaudeville circuit, commissioned the design of elaborate theater buildings in several cities including Seattle, and with considerable business acumen, despite a total lack of formal education, amassed a fortune. The first house to carry the name Pantages Theater opened in Seattle in 1904.

Subjects (LCTGM)Theatrical producers & directors--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business people--Washington (State)--Seattle
Subjects (LCSH)Pantages, Alexander, 1876-1936; Theatrical managers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Greek Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionPortraits Collection
Order NumberPOR0124
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Negative NumberUW2242
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionPortraits Collection
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 6 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2003
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