Orpheum Theater (burned September 9th, 1913), Merrimac Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts, GN-2191

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1860-1949

GUSN

GUSN-377603

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Description

The image shows the Orpheum Theatre located on Merrimac Street in Newburyport, Massachusetts. It features a sign above the entrance advertising "Moving Pictures" and "Vaudeville" each for 10 cents. Next to the theater, there are other buildings visible, including one with a sign for "Sam Treed Co. Electric." The area has railway tracks running in front. The photograph depicts the theater before it burned on September 9, 1913.

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Descriptive Terms

theaters (buildings)
commercial buildings
exterior views
historic buildings
tracks (transit system elements)
photographs
photographic film (photographic materials)
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP005615
Noyes negative GN-2191

Physical Descrption

1 film negative

Collection Code

PC038

Collection Name

George E. Noyes photographic collection, 1860s-1940s

Reference Code

PC038.01.016.GN-2191

Date Notes

Copied Month: 05

Places

Newburyport (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Noyes, George E. (Photographer)

Material Type

photographic film (photographic materials)
negatives (photographic)

Conservation Note

Original nitrate negative destroyed 1982-05.

Description Level

Item

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