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Title: J Street, 515-531
Date Created and/or Issued: 1962
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: This circa 1962 photograph shows the Rio Theater (521 J Street), formerly the El Rey Theater. Also seen is the Big Ben Loan Office (531 J Street), El Paso Cafe/Tavern (525 J Street), G 'n' M Club/Tavern (529 J Street), Pacific Hotel (527 J Street), Fong Sing Hand Laundry (527 J Street), and the Disabled Veterans Thrift Store (515 J Street). The Rio Theater survived for a few more years and alternated between live burlesque shows and Mexican movies, as advertised on the marquee.
Type: image
Identifier: 687
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/1726
Subject: Street Scenes
Business Enterprises
Restaurants
Taverns
Motion Picture Theaters
Laundries
Hotels and Motels
Thrift Shops
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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