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Century Theatre Nov 1922

Crowd in front of Century Theatre, previously Cort, Curran, later Morosco and Capitol (home of Capitol Follies burlesque). Premiere of HUNTING BIG GAME IN AFRICA WITH GUN AND CAMERA, by Oakland hunter explorer H.A. Snow (1869-1927). On Ellis near Stockton. Theatre demolished in 1941.
Photographer Unknown (Emiliano Echeverria/Randolph Brandt Collection / Courtesy of Emiliano Echeverria)

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