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Auditorium Theater Stained Glass Window
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| Accession #: | NN99.471 |
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| Title: | Auditorium Theater Stained Glass Window |
| Object Type: | Window, Leaded |
| Participants: |
Cannon, Anthony M. (depicted)
Browne, J.J. (depicted)
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| Physical Description: | Round stained glass window with 2 oval portraits of J. J. Brown and A. M. Cannon, also on glass. |
| Description: | Portraits of owners and Spokane founders J.J. Browne and A.M. Cannon, highlight this stained glass window from their Auditorium Theater, opened in 1890 in downtown Spokane. Since the region's earliest days, citizens created organizations to serve a community need for arts and culture. Spokane's 1890 Auditorium Theater was advertised as the largest stage in the West outside of San Francisco and ranked as one of the finer theaters in the country. Local and traveling performers served enthusiastic audiences throughout the region in city theaters as well as opera houses in many smaller towns. The railroad, in particular, brought to the region both vaudeville acts and "legitimate" road companies on tours booked by theater syndicates across the nation. Sources: Lukas, J. Anthony. Big Trouble. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Lynes, Russell. The Lively Audience: A Social History of the Visual and Performing Arts in America, 1890-1950. New York: Harper & Row, 1985. Stimson, William. Spokane: A View of the Falls. Sun Valley: American Historical Press, 1999. |
| Category: | History |
| Geographical Reference: | Spokane (Washington->Spokane County) |
| Dimensions: |
Diameter 39 1/4"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
stained glass (Material)
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