Lincoln Theater
5414 Bexar Street,
Dallas,
TX
75215
5414 Bexar Street,
Dallas,
TX
75215
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historic photo from this theater: http://dallaslibrary2.org/mbutts/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5430
“S.R. Tankersley of the Negro Moving Picture Machine Operators Union, Local 249-A, pickets in front of the Lincoln Theater”
text from: http://dallaslibrary2.org/texas/photogallery/marionbutts/civilrights.htm
“S. R. Tankersley, with the Negro Moving Picture Machine Operators Union, protesting in front of the Lincoln Theater at 5414 Bexar Street. The theater was patronized solely by blacks but employed a white projectionist. Owners of the theater sued and won an injunction against the union to prevent them from using the word "Negro” on the pickets. December 1949"
Just downloaded the photo above of the Lincoln Theatre & its neighboring building.. Sad, it is no longer standing.. Randy Randy A Carlisle – Historical Photographer
Here’s another photo to share with you all.. From March 4 2007 .. http://www.flickr.com/photos/racphotography/539946333/ .. RAC Photography
Going by this area today (2-6-10), this Theatre has been demolished, making another old Theatre just a Memory..
Randy A. Carlisle
Historical Photographer
Dallas (Waxahachie) Texas
The November 30, 1946, issue of Boxoffice Magazine ran an item about the Lincoln Theatre, headlined “New Dallas Negro Theatre To Open Early in 1947.” The item said the new house was to have about 500 seats.