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Dearborn Theatre
Photographer: John Carbutt
Location: 115-117 Dearborn Street
It was opened as Aiken’s Theatre on 18 January 1869, and transformed into the Dearborn Theatre in August of the same year.The drop curtain depicted the great railroad bridge between Rock Island, IL and Davenport, IA. Rare, surviving ticket courtesy of Len Duszlak.
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