Hartford CT's Forgotten Movie Theater: the Empire
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- This video is about an early movie theater in Hartford, Connecticut that existed on Asylum Street from 1912 until 1927. The Empire Theater was a conversion of a former Methodist Church that was built in 1860. Stories in this video include tales from the snow storm of 1915, a boy who fell asleep and was locked in the theater, and the acrimonious end of the Empire.
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Some of the images used in this video are from the collections of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History:
Asylum Street looking east, Hartford
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Accession number 1987.108.3
Asylum Street looking east from High Street, Hartford, ca. 1920
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Accession number 1995.36.1130
South side of Asylum Street, Hartford
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Accession number 1956.84.8
Front of old First Methodist Episcopal Church torn out to make room for a store, 305 Asylum Street, Hartford
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Accession number 2000.201.1
Train in snow, Winsted, Connecticut
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Accession number 2015.87.2685-.2686
Trolley in the snow, Park Street, Hartford
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Accession number 2000.195.9
Check out these links:
Hartford’s Challenge to “The Birth of a Nation”: connecticuthis...
Schoen v. New Britain Trust Co.: casetext.com/c...
The building became an Indoor miniature golf course, called The Country Club in 1930! Wow, great piece of history Dan!
great video Dan
Thanks!
I love the history, I think what you do is a good job, I would love to see more photos of what Hartford was like before, I know they were all Italian, Irish, what a nice story of what it was like before😀
Another great video
Love your videos!!! ❤
Thanks!
Dare I correct Dan, @4:57? The Episcopal Methodist Church is at the corner of Farmingtion (not Asylum) avenue and South Whitney! The first error in all your videos, me thinks :) ! Loved learning about the Empire....
Ooops! Thanks for noticing that. Too bad I can't correct a video as easily as I could a blog post :(
One if your best, Dan
Thanks!
Your video has no audio. Not hearing anything and I have volume at full blast.
I wonder what happened to that kid. Did he lose his love of movies after that?!
Well, they didn't have TV yet then so if he wanted to watch he had to go to a theater!
I’m still trying to figure out which one was the Scratch House
The Star/Daly Theater, according to comments from people on Facebook.
@@historywithdansterner263 ok, I’ll ask my uncle as well if he can remember
Dan Da Man