Historic Photo Collection - Theaters

Alhambra Theater: Photo taken soon after the theater’s construction in 1913; located on Adams Ave. in Haynie’s Corner, the Alhambra is one of the city’s last surviving neighborhood theaters (Deeds 63)

Alhambra Theater: Photo dated 1980 (Courier & Press Collection)

Alhambra Theater: Parrett St. at Adams Ave.; c. 1970s (Miscellaneous 2746)

Alhambra Theater: Interior of theater; undated (Marchand Collection)

Alhambra Theater: Detail of chair; undated (Marchand Collection)

Alhambra Theater: Detail of ceiling; undated (Marchand Collection)

American Theater: 626 Main St.; photographed during the 1937 flood (Meyer-Schlamp 733)

Cadick Theater: The theater under construction at Third and Sycamore streets during the 1920s; the building was never finished, and the Greyhound Bus terminal was built there in the late 1930s (Suhrheinrich 138)

Cadick Theater: Drawing of proposed theater to be built on the corner of Third and Sycamore Steets in the 1930s; the building was not completed, and the Greyhound Bus terminal was erected on the site (image from an undated clipping)

Cadick Theater: Under construction in the 1920s (Courier & Press Collection)

Carlton Theater: 216 Main St.; c. 1940 (Harms Collection)

Carlton Theater: Photo taken just before the theater was razed in 1959 (Miscellaneous Collection)

Carlton Theater: Entrance to theater; c. 1953 (Miscellaneous 3621)

Columbia Theater: 717 N. Fulton; photo dated 1939 (Miscellaneous Collection)

Columbia Theater: 717 N. Fulton; c. 1939, after remodeling (Miscellaneous Collection)

Columbia Theater: 717 N. Fulton; early 1939, before remodeling (Miscellaneous Collection)

Evansville Civic Theatre: N. Fulton Ave.; c. 1980 (5PC 45)

Evansville Drive-In Theater: Photo dated June 9, 1982 (9PC 77)

Evansville Drive-In Theater: Located on Morgan Ave., just west of Green River Rd.; photo dated 1975 (Ward Collection)

Evansville Drive-In Theater: Looking west on Morgan Ave. from the entrance to the theater; dated 1975 (Ward Collection)

Evansville Drive-In Theater: Looking east towards Green River Rd. from the entrance to the theater; dated 1975 (Ward Collection)

Franklin Theater: 2113 W. Franklin St.; dated December 1964 (Sonny Brown Collection)

Franklin Theater: 2113 W. Franklin St.; 1954 (Harms Collection)

Grand Theater: Located at 216 Sycamore St., the building opened as the Grand Opera House in 1889; it closed in 1962 and was soon razed. (At left is the Vendome Hotel.) Dated 1901 (Knecht 125)

Grand Theater: The theater is adjacent to and behind the large Grein building (center) at Second and Sycamore Sts.; c. 1920 (Deeds 64)

Grand Theater: Theater (center) next to Vendome Hotel (left) in 200 block of Sycamore St.; early 1900s (Deeds 45)

Grand Theater: C. 1910 (Suhrheinrich Collection)

Grand Theater: Sycamore St. between Second and Third Sts.; c. 1944 (Payne 54)

Loew’s Majestic Theater: 15 SE Fifth St.; c. early 1960s (Meyer-Schlamp 525)

Majestic Theater: 21 SE Fifth St.; c. 1910 (Deeds 66)

Majestic Theater: View of Fourth and Main Sts., showing the side of the theater in the distance (right) with an old sign advertising “Pictures & Vaudeville;” dated 1945

New Majestic Theater: Fifth and Locust Sts.; c. 1940 (Harms Collection)

North Side Bank and Theater: 100 N. Main St.; left entrance is to the bank, and right entrance is to the theater, which had closed by 1920. Building is now Old National Bank branch (Deeds-Glascock 7)

North Side Bank and Theater: 100 N. Main St.; c. 1915 (Knecht Collection)

Orpheum Theater: First and Locust Sts.; c. 1910 (Deeds 67)

Rosedale Theater: Located behind the gas station at Division and N. Willow Rd., this building was renamed Theater A and later became The Pub restaurant; c. 1950s (Koch Studio Collection)

Ross Theater: Crowd standing outside the theater entrance; c. 1955 (Koch Studio Collection)

Ross Theater: Group standing outside the entrance to the theater, looking north toward Washington Ave.; c. 1955 (Koch Studio Collection)

Ross Theater: Sunday School class in the auditorium of the theater, which was used temporarily by a congregation building a new church; c. 1955 (Koch Studio Collection)

Ross Theater: Church service in the theater while the congregation was building a new church; c. 1955 (Koch Studio Collection)

Ross Theater: Men sitting in the lobby of the theater; c. 1955 (Koch Studio Collection)

Ross Theater: Women and children in the lobby of the theater; c. 1955 (Koch Studio Collection)

Ross Theater: The theater stands at right in the Ross Center complex at Washington Ave. and Boeke Rd.; dated 1970 (Ward Collection)

Ross Theater: Photo taken shortly before the building was razed in the 1990s (17PC 3)

Royal Theater: This building at 703 E. Walnut St. originally housed the theater, which operated from c. 1929 to the early 1950s; it is pictured here c. late 1970s before it was razed. (Miscellaneous Collection)

Sunset Drive-In Theater: Aerial view of theater under construction; c. 1949 (Mesker Steel Collection)

Sunset Drive-In Theater: Located on Hwy. 41 north of Lynch Rd.; c. 1987 (9 PC 65)

Sunset Drive-In Theater: C. 1987 (9 PC 66)

Sunset Drive-In Theater: C. 1987 (9 PC 69)

Sunset Drive-In Theater: Entrance; photo dated May 16, 1984 (9PC 64)

Sunset Drive-In Theater: Under construction; c. 1949 (Mesker Steel Collection)

Sunset Drive-In Theater: Under construction; c. 1949 (Mesker Steel Collection)

Theatre A: This building originally opened as the Rosedale Theater and still stands on Division St.; c. 1982 (4PC 67)

Washington Theater: Photo taken on November 23, 1936, the day before the theater opened to the public (Knecht 959)

Washington Theater: Washington Ave. near Kentucky Ave.; c. 1937 (Miscellaneous Collection)

West Side Drive-In Theater: Entrance; c. 1984 (6PC 86)

Woodlawn Theater: 1011 N. Main St.; owned by Dr. C. F. Cluthe (l) and Mr. George Schone (r); c. 1920 (Cluthe 44)

Woodlawn Theater: 1011 N. Main St.; dated 1946 (Miscellaneous Collection)

Woodlawn Theater: Cover of program commemorating 10th anniversary of the theater’s opening; c. early 1930s (Archives Collection)

Woodmere Hospital Theater: The hospital was later renamed the Evansville State Hospital; c. 1915 (Knecht 471)



























































