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Vitaphone, Capitol Theater

Minnesota Historical Society
Vitaphone, Capitol Theater, 1927
Description

The Capitol Theater showed its first sound film on March 22, 1927 (Kenney, 2007, 72).

Artifact Type Figures, Photographs
Date 1927
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
Additional Information http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10726746
Citation “Vitaphone, Capitol Theater,”1927, Minnesota Historical Society.
Locations MinnesotaSaint Paul
Tags 1920s1927Capitol Theater, Vitaphone

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