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Title: Fresno Street east from J Street 1920 Fresno California
Creator: [Unknown]
Date Created and/or Issued: 1920
Publication Information: Fresno County Library
Contributing Institution: San Joaquin Valley Library System
Collection: Photographs Selected from the Collections of the San Joaquin Valley Library System Member Libraries
Rights Information: This image is being made available for educational and research purposes only, under the fair use clause of the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 § 107 U.S.C.) Further questions regarding the image or its use may be directed to the California History and Genealogy Room, Fresno County Public Library, 2420 Mariposa St., Fresno, CA 93721-2285; (559) 488-3195, press #3, then #5.
Description: Fresno Street in 1920 looking east from the corner of J (now Fulton Street) and Fresno streets. The Hippodrome Theater is seen on the left side of the street. The Hippodrome was originally the Barton Opera House, opened on September 29, 1890 by vineyardist Robert Barton. Performances included variety, melodrama troupes and beginning in 1901, vaudeville. Mr. Lewis L. Cory bought the Barton Opera House in 1909 and renamed it the Theater Fresno. Over the years the Barton was known as the Hippodrome, the State, the Esquire, the Sequoia and Towne Cinema theaters.
Type: image
Format: 1 Photographic print (postcard) :b&w ;9 x 14 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6z09q5sb
frp0142
Subject: Barton, Robert, 1838-1891
Cory, Lewis Lincoln, 1861-1929
Streets--California--Fresno County--20th century--Photographs
Theaters--California--Fresno County--19th century--Photographs
Fresno (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--19th century--Photographs
Fresno (Calif.)--Social life and customs--20th century--Photographs

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