Historic Victoria Advertisements
Movies & Theater – 1920-1929
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1921 advertisement for the Pantages Theater (now the McPherson Playhouse), feature presentation: the heavyweight World Championship boxing match between Jack Dempsey and Georges Charpentier (2 July 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey)
Pantages Theater (now the McPherson Playhouse) 1921 – Jack Dempsey versus Georges Carpentier, World Heavyweight Championship
1926
1926 advertisement for the Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton Street for a live production of No No Nanette starring Taylor Holmes. This show debuted in Los Angeles on 9 March 1925 and travelled for one year before reaching Broadway in New York City. (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)
1926 Advertisement For No No Nanette, Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton Street
1926 advertisement for the Dominion Theatre, 816 Yates Street (now demolished). The feature is The Waning Sex, starring Norma Shearer. (Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours collection)
1926 Advertisement For The Waning Sex, starring Norma Shearer at the Dominion Theatre
The Dominion Theatre, now demolished, was at 816 Yates Street.
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