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Tag: Lincoln Theatre

Early view of Lincoln Theatre interior, Marion, VA
June 3, 2019 Theatres / Virginia

Sound comes to the photoplays

The Lincoln Theatre is completely and finely equipped for the reproduction of sound with the showing of its photoplays.

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Interior of Lincoln Theatre showing murals
November 12, 2017 Painters / Theatres / Virginia

Muralist Lola Poston and the Lincoln Theatre

The highlight of Lola Poston’s career was surely the six 15×20 ft. murals she created for the auditorium of the newly built Lincoln Theatre.

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