slide
Catalog Number
2019.8.26
Description
Color slide showing a parade float heading west down 8th Street during a Tulip Time parade. In the background the Warm Friend Hotel, the First National Bank (1-3 West 8th), Herfst Studio (7 West 8th), the Center Theater (9 West 8th) and Otte's Beauty Shoppe (11 West 8th) are visible.
The float features a windmill.
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.