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| Title | Metropolitan Theatre, Grand Forks, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1908-08-27 |
| Description | A large stone theater building. There is a balcony on the third storey directly above the main entrance. A few people are on the balcony and a few more are scattered on the sidewalk. A horse and wagon stands to the left of the entrance. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Art & Architecture
Entertainment
City & Town Life
People
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Horses
Carts & wagons
Opera houses
Theaters
Balconies
Stone buildings
Sidewalks
Postcards
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| Organization Name | Metropolitan Opera House (Grand Forks, N.D.)
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| Location | Grand Forks (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | B0724-106 |
| Format of Original | Color postcards
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| Transcription | "Metropolitan Theatre, Grand Forks, N.D."--Printed on front of postcard.
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| Notes | Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | In 1889 the Grand Forks Opera House Company was formed and this theater was erected the following year. In 1907 the theater began showing movies, and in the 1940s the building became a bowling alley. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Tweton, D. Jerome. Grand Forks: A Pictoral History. Donning Co., Norfolk: 1986. 26-27, 41. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | State Historical Society of North Dakota Photograph Collection B
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (B0724-106) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | shB0724-106 |
