Victoria Theatre
13 S. 4th Street,
Lafayette,
IN
47901
13 S. 4th Street,
Lafayette,
IN
47901
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An April 14, 2017 article in the Lafayette Journal & Courier said that the Victoria Theatre opened on April 19, 1909 as a vaudeville house operated by the Star City Amusement Co. By 1911 it was one of seven houses showing movies in downtown Lafayette.
The February, 1912 issue of Motography had this item with news from Lafayette: “The Victoria theater at Lafayette has been taken over by Aaron M. Gollos, a well-known theatrical manager of Chicago, who will open the same with novelty photo plays and musical acts. Mr. Gollos is establishing an Indiana circuit of theaters to add to his already large combination of amusement places.”
Closeups of the show signs include “Animated Photography” “Everything High Class” “Every Evening 8:00 Matinees” “The Murthalers” “Thatcher & Thatcher” and “Theresa Jacobs” One web site calls her a comedienne, another says she is “The Singing Swubreit”
It was located on South 4th street.
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According to the Sanborn Map seating was 875.
From the early 1900s a postcard image of the Victoria Theatre.
An old postcard view of the Victoria Theatre c. 1909: View link