| De Kalb, IL: Egyptian Theatre |
Country: United States of America State: Illinois City: De Kalb Location: 135 North 2nd Street Cinema, built 1928-1929 by Elmer F. Behrns in the "Egyptian Revival" style. Opened 10 Dec 1929. Used as a cinema, live theatre and music venue. Links: egyptiantheatre.org, CinemaTreasures, Wikipedia |
Front Text: sign: "Egyptian", marquee: "Next - Charly"Reverse Text: "Egyptian Theatre, De Kalb, Illionis. This Egyptian vision in rural Illinois features twin depictions of Pharaoh Ramses II on its glazed terra-cotta facade. The 1500-seat theater opend in 1929 and showed movies into the 1970s before being remodeled to serve as a perfomring arts center." Publisher: from the postcard book "Palaces of Dreams" by John Margolies; Bulfinch Press; Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1993; ISBN 0-8212-2017-9 Size: Modern Not sent. |
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