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The poster advertised and promoted the current silent movie being shown in the movie housel. The Rialto was on the second floor of the Riverside Block, Main St. opposite the intersection of Walnut Street. It operate until 1934 until a fire destroyed…

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The poster advertised and promoted the silent movie. Riverside Theatre was located on the second floor of the block at the intersection of Walnut and Main Street.

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Poster used to advertise and promote the silent movie, often mounted on an exterior wall or in the lobby of the theater. The film was shown at the People's Theatre on Nason Street.

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A poster used to advertise and promote the silent movie, often mounted in the window or lobby. The movie was shown at the People's Theatre on Nason Street.

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An account of how motion pictures (movies) came to Maynard: from the silent picture shows of the early 1900s to the arrival of talking motion pictures in 1913 to multiple theaters in Maynard during the 1920s.

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A box office window card for the People's Theater and Maynard Theater advertising the movies of the week of Oct 2, 1932 including Love Me Tonight, The Doomed Battalion, Back Street, Tom Brown of Culver, Midnight Patrol.

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A lobby card for the (silent) movie "Those Who Dance"

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A box office window card advertising the movies showing at the Maynard Theater the week of July 24, 1930 including: Across the World, Children of Chance, Alias the Bad Man

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Two damaged box office window cards advertising the movies showing at the Strand Theater the week of August 21, 1931 including: Her Mad Moment, Young Sinners, The Perfect Alibi, Ubangi, Sit Tight

(Between the two cards we can reconstruct all of…

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A box office window card for the Maynard Theatre advertising the movies for the week of July 17, 1931, including Ex-Bad Boy and Sweepstakes

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A box office window card advertising the movies playing at the Maynard Theater during the week of October 11, 1931. (The Maynard Theater was located in the Gruber's Block on Main Street)

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A heavily weathered box office window card announcing movies at Maynard Theater (Gruber's Block) during the week of May 10th, 1931

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A poster advertising the movie "Ponjola" at the Riverside Theater. (Ponjola was released in October 1923 but the handwritten annotation implies Monday, August 4, which is a 1924 date)

Maynard Theatre Movie Poster - 1931
The Maynard Theatre was on the second floor of the Gruber Building, 177 Main St.

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A partial poster from the Strand Theater

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A poster announcing the movies playing at the People's Theater (on Nason Street) during the week of Oct 11, 1931, including the Marx Brothers "Monkey Business"

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A box office window card showing the movies playing at the People's Theatre the week of August 21 1922. These silent movies are some of the first films shown at the newly constructed theater.

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A Riverside Theater movie poster for "Her Marriage Vow" which was released in 1924. The showtimes for the specific theater were added to the top of the poster and are missing.

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Movie poster for "Painting the Town" at People's Theater. (The movie is also known as "Hot Heels")

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People's Theater poster for the movie "Black Diamond Express" (studio issued poster with theater information pasted to the top)