RIALTO THEATRE - Revision history

Randylyon at 21:50, 2 February 2019

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	A well dug three-hundred feet deep provided water at a temperature of 42 degrees. This was piped into the theater and circulated through fin coils to cool the air. (2)		A well dug three-hundred feet deep provided water at a temperature of 42 degrees. This was piped into the theater and circulated through fin coils to cool the air. (2)

	Theater-goers to the first "talking pictures" remembered "tinny" sound effects and voices. The Rialto management announced ~~that~~ state-of-the-art wide-range sound equipment from RCA and Bell. A "di-phonic speaker system" containing horn-shaped components arranged like a honeycomb "distributed every tonal quality scientifically to every seat in the theater." (3)		Theater-goers to the first "talking pictures" remembered "tinny" sound effects and voices. The Rialto management announced state-of-the-art wide-range sound equipment from RCA and Bell would remedy the problem. A "di-phonic speaker system" containing horn-shaped components arranged like a honeycomb "distributed every tonal quality scientifically to every seat in the theater." (3)

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Randylyon at 02:58, 27 November 2018

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	RIALTO THEATRE. The 1929 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed 479 Main.		RIALTO THEATRE. The 1929 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed 479 Main.

	In 1938 Joe Jacobson, president of the Dubuque Theater Company, announced that "Rialto" had been chosen as the name for the new theater at 10th and Main. The opening date was expected to be the end of May. Seating from the American Seating Company was designed in two-tone shades of red and black.		In 1938 Joe Jacobson, president of the Dubuque Theater Company, announced that "Rialto" had been chosen as the name for the new theater at 10th and Main. The opening date was expected to be the end of May. Seating from the American Seating Company was designed in two-tone shades of red and black. (1)

	A well dug three-hundred feet deep provided water at a temperature of 42 degrees. This was piped into the theater and circulated through fin coils to cool the air.		A well dug three-hundred feet deep provided water at a temperature of 42 degrees. This was piped into the theater and circulated through fin coils to cool the air. (2)

			Theater-goers to the first "talking pictures" remembered "tinny" sound effects and voices. The Rialto management announced that state-of-the-art wide-range sound equipment from RCA and Bell. A "di-phonic speaker system" containing horn-shaped components arranged like a honeycomb "distributed every tonal quality scientifically to every seat in the theater." (3)

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	"New Theater's Name 'Rialto,' " ''Telegraph Herald'', April 10, 1938, p. 19		1. "New Theater's Name 'Rialto,' " ''Telegraph-Herald'', April 10, 1938, p. 19

			2. Ibid.

			3. "Rialto's Sound Equipment New," ''Telegraph-Herald'', April 17, 1938, p 19

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Randylyon at 02:46, 27 November 2018

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	RIALTO THEATRE. The 1929 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 479 Main.		RIALTO THEATRE. The 1929 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed 479 Main.

	In 1938 Joe Jacobson, president of the Dubuque Theater Company, announced that "Rialto" had been chosen as the name for the new theater at 10th and Main. The opening date was expected to be the end of May. Seating from the American Seating Company was designed in two-tone shades of red and black. A well dug three-hundred feet deep ~~would provide~~ water at a temperature of 42 degrees. This ~~would be~~ piped into the theater and circulated through fin coils to cool the air.		In 1938 Joe Jacobson, president of the Dubuque Theater Company, announced that "Rialto" had been chosen as the name for the new theater at 10th and Main. The opening date was expected to be the end of May. Seating from the American Seating Company was designed in two-tone shades of red and black.

			A well dug three-hundred feet deep provided water at a temperature of 42 degrees. This was piped into the theater and circulated through fin coils to cool the air.

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Randylyon at 16:15, 15 June 2017

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	RIALTO THEATRE. The 1929 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 479 Main.		RIALTO THEATRE. The 1929 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 479 Main.

			In 1938 Joe Jacobson, president of the Dubuque Theater Company, announced that "Rialto" had been chosen as the name for the new theater at 10th and Main. The opening date was expected to be the end of May. Seating from the American Seating Company was designed in two-tone shades of red and black. A well dug three-hundred feet deep would provide water at a temperature of 42 degrees. This would be piped into the theater and circulated through fin coils to cool the air.

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			"New Theater's Name 'Rialto,' " ''Telegraph Herald'', April 10, 1938, p. 19

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New page: RIALTO THEATRE. The 1929 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 479 Main. Category: Theater

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RIALTO THEATRE. The 1929 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 479 Main.

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