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| Title | Rosewood Theatre |
| Description | The Rosewood Theatre was a 950-seat theater located on the south side of Montrose Avenue at Wolcott, directly west of the Ravenswood elevated tracks (now the Brown Line.) In this September 1949 photograph, the street car line had just recently been abandoned, the tracks pulled up, and the street repaired. On July 25, 1948 trolley bus service began as witnessed by the double overhead wire. The theater was open from 1916 to 1953. It housed a retail establishment until it was demolished on October 30, 2006 to expand the newly remodeled Montrose Brown Line station. |
| Neighborhood/Street | Ravenswood Avenue (Chicago, Ill.)
Wolcott Avenue (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Subject.TGM1 | Theaters--Illinois--Chicago
Storefronts--Illinois--Chicago
Grocery stores--Illinois--Chicago
Automobiles--1940-1950
Elevated railroads--Illinois--Chicago--1940-1950
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| Address | Montrose & Wolcott |
| Date | 1949-09 |
| Repository number | RLVCC 15.3 |
| Coverage | 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949 |
| Repository | Chicago Public Library, Sulzer Regional Library
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| Donor | Woelffer, Russel
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| Collection | Ravenswood-Lake View Community Collection
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| Language | eng |
| Rights | http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php |
| Original size (in.) | 8 x 10 |
| Genre | Business establishments
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| File format | jpeg |
| Type | Image |
| Original format | black-and-white photographs
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| Census tract | 1601 |
| North/South number | 4400N |
| East/West number | 1900W |
| Notes | Trolley bus service began 7/25/48. See card. |
| Subject.LOCAL | Business establishments
theaters
transportation
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