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Loew's Theatre, Yonge Street, east side, north of Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario.

Date3/1/1963

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Whyte, Harold (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Opened 15 December 1913 as Loew's Yonge Street Theatre, the flagship for Loew's chain of Canadian vaudeville theatres. Became a movie theatre, 1928. Renamed Elgin Theatre, 1978. Restoration started in 1980s

Subject

Motion picture theaters

Theater

Medium

Black-and-white photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0115365F

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Neighbourhood:Downtown

Province or state:Ontario

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