Then and Now: Two venues are better than one

By Greg Ryan
April 20 2019 - 8:00pm
HISTORIC: The Mechanics Institute, circa 1885. Note the theatre behind, the poster advertising the Jubilee Singers, the lady with two children, one behind the gas street light, the second sitting at left.
HISTORIC: The Mechanics Institute, circa 1885. Note the theatre behind, the poster advertising the Jubilee Singers, the lady with two children, one behind the gas street light, the second sitting at left.
An advertisement promoting a fundraiser from December 28, 1859.
An advertisement promoting a fundraiser from December 28, 1859.

In the mid-19th century, concerts and plays were presented in large rooms in or adjacent to local hotels. Then some hotels built their own theatres.

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