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These two black-and-white photographs show a movie theater in Oakley, Kansas. In the first image, a man in military uniform sits atop a horse to promote "Sixty scenes of the Spanish American War," a military musical. In the second image, the same man points to a signboard advertising the musical while a second gentleman looks on. The promotional window display for the 1913 movie "In a Serpent's Coils" is visible in both photographs.
Date: Between 1913 and 1914
Item Number: 308939
Call Number: FK2.L6 O.723 *1-2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 308939
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Movies & Theater - Buildings - Theaters
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Movies & Theater - Movies
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Movies & Theater - Musicals
Date - 1910s - 1913
Date - 1910s - 1914
Military - Wars - Spanish American War
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Oakley
Places - Counties - Logan
Type of Material - Photographs
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