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Orient Theatre
Orient Theatre
Orient Theatre

125th Street between Seventh Avenue and Lenox Avenue, New York City, June 24, 1927: Palisades Amusement Park, Wrigley's Double Mint Gum. Also storefronts of Ideal Shoe Shop, Toby's Men's Shop, Christensen School of Rag and Jazz, Orient Photo Plays, Adam Hats.

IMAGE DATE1927
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Orient Theatre, June 24, 1927.

The Orient Theatre was in operation by 1915 and had a seating capacity of 600. The theatre remained open until the early 1950s. In 1952, famed Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson opened a menswear and appliance store in a portion of the building which had previously housed the theatre.

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