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alcazar opens

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by TBHC @ 10:11 am

95 years ago…

May 26, 1911 – The Alcazar Theater, located at 606 Franklin Street, celebrates its grand opening. Touted to be the “prettiest motion picture theater in the south,” the Alcazar’s opening night featured new picture plays accompanied by a musical program from a five-piece orchestra. The Alcazar, which closed in the early 1920s, was located in the recently demolished Jackson Block building on the corner of Franklin and Twiggs Streets.

Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.

Tags: business, film, names, on this day, tampa

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