KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI
GENEALOGY & LOCAL HISTORY
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Majestic Theater 1920's
Old Postcards and Photographs of Kalamazoo
THEATERS & ENTERTAINMENT
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View from Kalamazoo National Bank Building - 1908
| South Burdick Street - probably 1908, bird's-eye view from the Kalamazoo National Bank Building constructed in 1907 . The building on the right with the flag is the old Post Office on the corner South Burdick and South St . Note the Bijou Theater on the left - it was in business for two years, 1906-1908, as a vaudeville theater. |
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Majestic Theater, Elks Temple, and Peck Building - 1912
| The Majestic Theater on South Street, later renamed the Capitol Theater, featured live acts in its earlier years including The Melody Maids , all-woman mandolin band was made up entirely of Gibson Guitar Company employees that played in Kalamazoo and surrounding area. In later years, the theater was for cinema only. |
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Majestic Theater and Elks Club 1908
Majestic Theater 1910
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Majestic Theater showing nearby post office, left foreground - 1912
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Majestic Theater 1914
Majestic Theater Ad, Police Souvenir View Book
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Orpheum Theater 1911
| A film theater, on W. Main near Burdick, that operated until 1949. |
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North Burdick St. , 1949 note the Uptown Theater and Hotel Rickman
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