File:Grand Foyer of the Orpheum Theatre, ca. 1912, postcard ca. 1914 - DPLA - 07b4a28f23e4d9b4d17999b99db9d0f6 (page 1).jpg

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Grand Foyer of the Orpheum Theatre, ca. 1912, postcard ca. 1914 (

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Grand Foyer of the Orpheum Theatre, ca. 1912, postcard ca. 1914

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Interior view of the Grand Foyer in the Orpheum Theatre. It's unclear which Orpheum location this photo depicts. Based on the undivided back of the postcard, which appeared between 1901 and 1907, it's likely this shows the theatre located at 1010 2nd Ave. which operated between 1904 and 1908.

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Just below where this says "Grand Foyer Orpheum Theatre Seattle, Wash." you can see where someone has reworked it to remove "Sullivan and Considine, Owners". That strongly suggests that despite the undivided back this postcard shows the 1911 Orpheum that was the flagship of the Sullivan-Considine circuit, and that this postcard dates from some time shortly after 1913, when Sullivan's rapid fall into insanity led to the demise of that circuit. (Considine held on another year or so, so probably after 1914; since there was a version of this mentioning Sullivan, the photo itself is presumably more like 1911-1912.)

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Grand Foyer of the Orpheum Theatre, ca. 1907

Date

circa 1914

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Seattle Public Library

	Location	Seattle , United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 36′ 24″ N, 122° 19′ 58″ W
	Established	1890
	Website	www.spl.org
	Authority file	: Q7442157 VIAF: 147059007 ISNI: 0000000107435179 LCCN: n50059684 NRHP: 82004253 GND: 4841883-3 WorldCat

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Seattle Public Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Northwest Digital Heritage.

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DPLA identifier: 07b4a28f23e4d9b4d17999b99db9d0f6
Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_pc_08002

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