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Catalog Number
2019.8.10
Description
Color slide showing a parade float heading west on 8th Street in Holland, MI.  The Center Theater (9 West 8th) is visible.

A crowd of people line the street waiting for the Tulip Time parade, ca. 1956.
History
From 1926 to 1931 the Strand Theater operated in the building at 9 West 8th Street (city directories). Henry Carley operated both the Strand and the Holland Theater during those years.

Carley opened the Center Theater at the location of the Strand, 9 West 8th Street, ca. 1941. The Center Theater remained open through 1954 (city directories).
Gift of
Ligibel, Dr. Ted J.