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2019.8.22Description
Color slide showing a Holland Chamber of Commerce parade float heading west down 8th Street during a Tulip Time parade. In the background Herfst Studio (7 West 8th), the Center Theater (9 West 8th) and Otte's Beauty Shoppe (11 West 8th) are visible.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).