The Hippodrome Theatre (c. 1920)

ID: 396 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: Fred R. Gildersleeve
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The Hippodrome Theatre (c. 1920)

This photograph, taken before the production booth fire, displays the Hippodrome Theatre’s original façade with classical detailing. The theater sign advertises ten-cent tickets, and posters in the window advertise The Sea Wolf, a 1920 silent film based upon a novel by Jack London.

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By Amanda Sawyer
For over a century, the Hippodrome Theatre has stood as a downtown home for ever-changing forms of entertainment.The venue emerged in the early twentieth century through advocates for a downtown theater banding together. A group of local…