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  • <p>Huron Theatre. Kodachrome image taken by Albert S. “Al” Johnson in August 1948. Al’s Johnson Construction Company built the Huron in 1941-42.</p>
  • <p>In 1950, General William Bush - a 105-year old and last surviving Civil War veteran in Georgia leads a parade to the Fox Theatre for the World Premiere of “Two Flags West” in Atlanta</p>
  • <p>May 15th, 1946</p>
  • <p>Photo: CLIFF CARSON</p>
  • <p>Projectionist Crain Caywood is seen on the left. Circa 1936</p> <p>Photo Courtesy of Boulder History Museum</p>
  • <p>Circa November 1965, from the 1966 Glynn Academy high school yearbook. Movie listed on marquee is Howard Hawks' Red Line 7000.</p>
  • <p>(July 9, 2008) Two teenage boys are in serious condition after a police pursuit in southeast Wisconsin ended in a crash.</p> <p>The chase started in Kenosha. The two young men in the dark colored Cadillac were wanted by police in connection to a fight.</p> <p>The driver of the car was a 15-year-old. He ended up crashing into a building at a drive-in theater in Pleasant Prairie.</p> <p>(Copyright ©2012 WLS-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)</p>
  • <p>“Deja Vu” credits rolling on “the giant white screen of the Fox”</p>
  • <p>Another view of the Fox during the winter holidays in 1996.</p>
  • <p>The venerable Fox during the winter holiday season, 1996.</p>
  • <p>January 22nd, 1947</p>
  • <p>Exterior with Loew’s rivals (1946)</p>
  • <p>1953 promotional photo via Mark Dinzebach.</p>
  • <p>Part 1 of grand opening article (1947)</p>
  • <p>Part 2 of grand opening article (1947)</p>
  • <p>Opening day ad (May 26th, 1947)</p>
  • <p>Song of the South protest. April 2, 1947. M.L. Cohen, photographer. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. Image can be enlarged in below link.</p> <p>http://picturethis.museumca.org/pictures/song-south-protest</p>
  • <ol> <li>Associated Press Photo.</li> </ol>
  • <p>A photo taken before a screening in Llano Texas!</p>
  • <p>On April 23, 2020, during the height of the Covid19 crises, a sensitive message was being installed on the Garden Theatre’s marquee. The remaining 2019-20 season has been cancelled. The management wishes to come back strong for 2020-21.</p>