Full size 1925 photo courtesy The Dallas Music Scene by Alan B Govenar and Jay F. Brakefield.

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Full size 1925 photo & description courtesy The Dallas Music Scene by Alan B Govenar and Jay F. Brakefield. Via Jim Foster.

The Majestic Theatre was on Dallas' Theater Row, on Elm Street west of Deep Ellum. In 1925, the Majestic presented vaudeville shows and films.

During the years of racial segregation, African Americans sometimes mocked the strip as the “great white way.” They were permitted to attend shows at the majestic, but only by sitting in a high balcony known as the “buzzard roost.”