Eric Flom – Northwest Picture Show

Chaplin look-alike contest at the Liberty Theatre in Bellingham, November 5, 1921. (Photo by James Wilbur Sandison, courtesy Whatcom Historical Museum)

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81 Little Chaplins

Postering gone wild at Seattle's Tivoli Theatre, ca. 1914. (Photo by Asahel Curtis, courtesy University of Washington, Special Collections, Negative No. A.Curtis29853)

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Regulating Early Nickelodeon Theatres

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A Charming Country for Pictures

Late '70s/early '80s view of the Elma Theatre, which originally opened as the Graham Theatre in 1927. (Courtesy Cinema Treasures website)

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The Highs and Lows of Being a Small-Town Exhibitor

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Crybaby

Crowds at Seattle's Circuit Theatre, ca. 1916. (Photo by Pierson and Co., Courtesy University of Washington, Special Collections, Negative No. UW1631)

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The Circuit Theatre in downtown Seattle opens on March 28, 1908

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Minting Money. Literally.

Produced by Fred Quimby

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The John Hancock of Movie Men

The Empress in Chewelah, ca. 1914. ("Empress Theater, Chewelah, Wash.," Moving Picture World, 4 April 1914, p. 66)

Chewelah Electricity Omak rural exhibition

Fight the Power

Undated photo of an airdome theatre in Cedarhurst, NY, originally opened in May 1899.

Airdome Outdoor movies

Watching the Stars Under the Stars