Antique Vtg Advertising Pocket Mirror Unique Family Theatre Vaudeville MN

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Antique Vtg Advertising Pocket Mirror Unique Family Theatre Summer Vaudeville
Manager: William Armond
The
Unique Theater
was an 830-seat
vaudeville
theater, built in 1904 on
Hennepin Avenue
in downtown
Minneapolis
,
Minnesota
. It was built in the
Renaissance Revival
style, and situated between the
Hennepin Center for the Arts
and the
West Hotel
.
The hotel catered to a family audience with daily performances priced at ten or twenty cents.
[1]
The theatre was used as a morgue after the West Hotel caught on fire next door.
[2]
Charlie Chaplin
performed at the Unique very early in his career.
[3]
When vaudeville declined in the 1920s, however, the theater became a single-screen
movie theater
, built in the
Renaissance Revival
style.
[3]
The theatre was torn down in 1943 after being called a "menace to the public" due to poor structural integrity.
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Mirror does show wear from age and use
Please see photos for best idea of condition
Happy to combine shipping
All items come from a smoke free/pet friendly home