File:1922 Pergolia Theater.jpg
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English: 1922 Pergolia Theater, 9th and Hamilton Streets, This photo shows left-to-right: The G.R. Kinney Co, The Cameron Piano Co, The Pergola Theater, and Leh & Merkle Drugs. The theater opened originally as a penny arcade, bowling alley and billiard parlor, the Pergola was converted into a silent film theater and opened on October 10th 1908
The Pergola Showed early Tom Mix westerns, films by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith among others. Notible for being possibly the first theater in the United States to show a Kinemacolor film in 1910, mostly travelogues. Admission was a nickel, a reserved seat cost 10 cents, and the average length of a film was an hour. Also offered vaudeville shows. Closed in 1926 and torn down for construction of PP&L Building. A "new" Pergola was built behind the PP&L Building, opening in 1928 at 9th and Court Street. It was renamed the "Embassy" in 1929 and later the "Boyd" in 1940. It was demolished in 1971 for construction of additional PP&L office space |
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| Source | Allentown, 1762-1987, a 225 Year history, Volume II, 1920-1987, Lehigh County Historical Society, 1987. (Holdings of the Lehigh County Historical Society} |
| Author | Unknown photographer |
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