Fisher Theatre - Old photos
Fisher Building
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A woman posing with 1932 Yellow Truck and Coach taxi with the Fisher Theater main entrance in the background.
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The Fisher Theatre originally had a temple decor.
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The incredible Mayan-themed original interior of the Fisher Theatre. This was all destroyed to "modernize" the theater in 1961.
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The Fisher Theatre box office in 1972
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The modernized auditorium of the Fisher Theatre
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A sculpture isntalled during the renovation of the Fisher Theatre
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The Fisher Theatre doesn't host only plays and musicals. Here, a General Motors company meeting is held in 1982
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The renovation of the theater replaced temple grandeur with the Modern.
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The renovation of the theater replaced temple grandeur with the Modern.
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The original Fisher Theatre was decorated with a Mayan theme.
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The original Fisher Theatre was decorated with a Mayan theme.
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The original Fisher Theatre was decorated with a Mayan theme.
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The original Fisher Theatre was decorated with a Mayan theme.
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The theater's Second Avenue marquee in the 1970s
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The Fisher Theatre under construction in October 1928, about a month before the theater opened.
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Plaster detail from 1929, shortly after the Fisher Theatre opened.