Princess Theater in Gadsden, AL

Princess billboard on East Broad Street advertising “3rd Annual Beauty Pageant – On the Stage Friday Nite June 21 – Let’s Send a Winner to Nashville – Free Hollywood Trip to Tri-State Winner – Sponsored by Business & Professional Women’s Club and Progressive Gadsden Merchants” Originally opened...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scarboro, Robert
Format: Electronic
Published: Gadsden Public Library
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/gpl01/id/2755
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Summary:Princess billboard on East Broad Street advertising “3rd Annual Beauty Pageant – On the Stage Friday Nite June 21 – Let’s Send a Winner to Nashville – Free Hollywood Trip to Tri-State Winner – Sponsored by Business & Professional Women’s Club and Progressive Gadsden Merchants” Originally opened in 1924 as the Imperial Theater at 503 Broad Street then renamed the Princess Theater on September 11, 1926. It was remodeled with an Art Deco style and reopened again on January 17, 1937. The Princess Theater was destroyed by fire on November 4, 1963 and was not rebuilt.