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Crandall’s Theater: Coolest Theater South of the North Pole

Tagged 1920s

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You have to love the advertisement hanging on the side of the theater. This was Crandall’s Theater at 9th and E St. NW, sometime in the 1920s.

Crandall's Theater, 9th & E, N.W. — Crandall’s Theater, 9th & E, N.W.

Source: Library of Congress

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