https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=AVON_THEATER 2026-04-26T21:13:32Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.1 https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AVON_THEATER&diff=179352&oldid=prev 2023-12-11T17:34:51Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:34, 11 December 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See: [[MARKET PLACE DUBUQUE]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See: [[MARKET PLACE DUBUQUE]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">---</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Source: </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1. '''Julien's Journal''', May 1993, p. 26 </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Theater]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Theater]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Zepeski]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Zepeski]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AVON_THEATER&diff=179351&oldid=prev 2023-12-11T17:33:08Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:33, 11 December 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon6.png|right|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon, one of the Bradley Theaters along with the [[GRAND THEATRE]], [[STRAND THEATER]], and [[STATE THEATRE]], was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. The Princess was Dubuque's first theater to employ an orchestra to perform during silent films. Sound was installed at the Princess in 1927. The name of the theater was changed to the Avon Theater under the ownership of [[James N. YIANNIAS]]. (1) Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address listed in the 1955 '''Dubuque City Directory''' was 869 Main.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon6.png|right|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon, one of the Bradley Theaters along with the [[GRAND THEATRE]], [[STRAND THEATER]], and [[STATE THEATRE]], was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. The Princess was Dubuque's first theater to employ an orchestra to perform during silent films. Sound was installed at the Princess in 1927.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The name of the theater was changed to the Avon Theater under the ownership of [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">YIANNIAS, James N.|</ins>James N. YIANNIAS]]. (1) Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address listed in the 1955 '''Dubuque City Directory''' was 869 Main.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week.  </div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AVON_THEATER&diff=179350&oldid=prev 2023-12-11T17:32:05Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:32, 11 December 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon6.png|right|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon, one of the Bradley Theaters along with the [[GRAND THEATRE]], [[STRAND THEATER]], and [[STATE THEATRE]], was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address listed in the 1955 '''Dubuque City Directory''' was 869 Main.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon6.png|right|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon, one of the Bradley Theaters along with the [[GRAND THEATRE]], [[STRAND THEATER]], and [[STATE THEATRE]], was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Princess was Dubuque's first theater to employ an orchestra to perform during silent films. Sound was installed at the Princess in 1927. The name of the theater was changed to the Avon Theater under the ownership of [[James N. YIANNIAS]]. (1) </ins>Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address listed in the 1955 '''Dubuque City Directory''' was 869 Main.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week.  </div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AVON_THEATER&diff=169497&oldid=prev 2021-08-06T19:31:41Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:31, 6 August 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon6.png|right|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy&#039;s Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon, one of the Bradley Theaters along with the [[GRAND THEATRE]], [[STRAND THEATER]], and [[STATE THEATRE]], was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. Programs, other than the &quot;Golddiggers of Broadway&quot; which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address listed in the 1955 &#039;&#039;&#039;Dubuque City Directory&#039;&#039;&#039; was 869 Main.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon6.png|right|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy&#039;s Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon, one of the Bradley Theaters along with the [[GRAND THEATRE]], [[STRAND THEATER]], and [[STATE THEATRE]], was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. Programs, other than the &quot;Golddiggers of Broadway&quot; which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address listed in the 1955 &#039;&#039;&#039;Dubuque City Directory&#039;&#039;&#039; was 869 Main.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week. On April 1, 1957, the theater was demolished in preparation for the construction of a J. C. Penney store.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On April 1, 1957, the theater was demolished in preparation for the construction of a J. C. Penney store.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See: [[MARKET PLACE DUBUQUE]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See: [[MARKET PLACE DUBUQUE]].</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AVON_THEATER&diff=153169&oldid=prev 2019-03-28T16:03:59Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:03, 28 March 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon6.png|right|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon, one of the Bradley Theaters along with the [[GRAND THEATRE]], [[STRAND THEATER]], and [[STATE <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">THEATER</del>]], was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The address from 1929 to 1941 was 871 Main. </del>The address listed in the 1955 '''Dubuque City Directory''' was 869 Main.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon6.png|right|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon, one of the Bradley Theaters along with the [[GRAND THEATRE]], [[STRAND THEATER]], and [[STATE <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">THEATRE</ins>]], was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address listed in the 1955 '''Dubuque City Directory''' was 869 Main.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week. On April 1, 1957, the theater was demolished in preparation for the construction of a J. C. Penney store.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week. On April 1, 1957, the theater was demolished in preparation for the construction of a J. C. Penney store.  </div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AVON_THEATER&diff=153168&oldid=prev 2019-03-28T16:03:03Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:03, 28 March 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon6.png|right|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon, one of the Bradley Theaters along with the [[GRAND THEATRE]], [[STRAND <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">THEATRE</del>]], and [[STATE THEATER]], was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address from 1929 to 1941 was 871 Main. The address listed in the 1955 '''Dubuque City Directory''' was 869 Main.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon6.png|right|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon, one of the Bradley Theaters along with the [[GRAND THEATRE]], [[STRAND <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">THEATER</ins>]], and [[STATE THEATER]], was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address from 1929 to 1941 was 871 Main. The address listed in the 1955 '''Dubuque City Directory''' was 869 Main.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week. On April 1, 1957, the theater was demolished in preparation for the construction of a J. C. Penney store.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week. On April 1, 1957, the theater was demolished in preparation for the construction of a J. C. Penney store.  </div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AVON_THEATER&diff=153167&oldid=prev 2019-03-28T16:02:33Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:02, 28 March 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon6.png|right|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon, one of the Bradley Theaters along with the [[GRAND <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">THEATER</del>]], [[STRAND <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">THEATER</del>]], and [[STATE THEATER]] was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address from 1929 to 1941 was 871 Main. The address listed in the 1955 '''Dubuque City Directory''' was 869 Main.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon6.png|right|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon, one of the Bradley Theaters along with the [[GRAND <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">THEATRE</ins>]], [[STRAND <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">THEATRE</ins>]], and [[STATE THEATER]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address from 1929 to 1941 was 871 Main. The address listed in the 1955 '''Dubuque City Directory''' was 869 Main.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week. On April 1, 1957, the theater was demolished in preparation for the construction of a J. C. Penney store.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week. On April 1, 1957, the theater was demolished in preparation for the construction of a J. C. Penney store.  </div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AVON_THEATER&diff=153166&oldid=prev 2019-03-28T16:01:42Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:01, 28 March 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon6.png|right|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. [[YIANNIAS, James N.|James N. YIANNIAS]], who first leased the theater from James Hopp in 1916, attempted to revive vaudeville in 1927 with "Ike and Mike," but soon dropped the act</del>. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address from 1929 to 1941 was 871 Main. The address listed in the 1955 Dubuque City Directory was 869 Main.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon6.png|right|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, one of the Bradley Theaters along with the [[GRAND THEATER]], [[STRAND THEATER]], and [[STATE THEATER]] </ins>was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address from 1929 to 1941 was 871 Main. The address listed in the 1955 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>Dubuque City Directory<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''' </ins>was 869 Main.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week. On April 1, 1957, the theater was demolished in preparation for the construction of a J. C. Penney store. See: [[MARKET PLACE DUBUQUE]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week. On April 1, 1957, the theater was demolished in preparation for the construction of a J. C. Penney store.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See: [[MARKET PLACE DUBUQUE]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Theater]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Theater]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Zepeski]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Zepeski]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AVON_THEATER&diff=152852&oldid=prev 2019-03-17T23:16:08Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:16, 17 March 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">avon1</del>.png|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">left</del>|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. [[YIANNIAS, James N.|James N. YIANNIAS]], who first leased the theater from James Hopp in 1916, attempted to revive vaudeville in 1927 with "Ike and Mike," but soon dropped the act. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address from 1929 to 1941 was 871 Main. The address listed in the 1955 Dubuque City Directory was 869 Main.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">avon6</ins>.png|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">right</ins>|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque]]AVON THEATER. The Avon was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. [[YIANNIAS, James N.|James N. YIANNIAS]], who first leased the theater from James Hopp in 1916, attempted to revive vaudeville in 1927 with "Ike and Mike," but soon dropped the act. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address from 1929 to 1941 was 871 Main. The address listed in the 1955 Dubuque City Directory was 869 Main.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week. On April 1, 1957, the theater was demolished in preparation for the construction of a J. C. Penney store. See: [[MARKET PLACE DUBUQUE]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week. On April 1, 1957, the theater was demolished in preparation for the construction of a J. C. Penney store. See: [[MARKET PLACE DUBUQUE]].</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=AVON_THEATER&diff=152851&oldid=prev 2019-03-17T23:15:31Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:15, 17 March 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski]]AVON THEATER. The Avon was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. [[YIANNIAS, James N.|James N. YIANNIAS]], who first leased the theater from James Hopp in 1916, attempted to revive vaudeville in 1927 with "Ike and Mike," but soon dropped the act. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address from 1929 to 1941 was 871 Main. The address listed in the 1955 Dubuque City Directory was 869 Main.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:avon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Illustration by Norman Zepeski<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:avon1.png|left|thumb|200px|Trade Card. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque</ins>]]AVON THEATER. The Avon was the successor of the [[PRINCESS THEATRE]]. Through a contest in which entrants suggested alternative names for the theater, the Princess was renamed the Avon in August 1928. [[YIANNIAS, James N.|James N. YIANNIAS]], who first leased the theater from James Hopp in 1916, attempted to revive vaudeville in 1927 with "Ike and Mike," but soon dropped the act. Programs, other than the "Golddiggers of Broadway" which ran an unprecedented seventeen days, were changed twice each week.  The address from 1929 to 1941 was 871 Main. The address listed in the 1955 Dubuque City Directory was 869 Main.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week. On April 1, 1957, the theater was demolished in preparation for the construction of a J. C. Penney store. See: [[MARKET PLACE DUBUQUE]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Competition from other sources of entertainment, including the automobile and radio, continued to affect the financial fortunes of the Avon. In succession the theater was operated as a nickelodeon, first-run house, and then a second-run house. In 1956 the Avon was reduced to showing second run movies three days per week. On April 1, 1957, the theater was demolished in preparation for the construction of a J. C. Penney store. See: [[MARKET PLACE DUBUQUE]].</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon