Empire Theatre
View to proscenium from back of theatre. 85 West Portal Ave. [Empire SF 11-4-44]
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Empire Theatre
View to proscenium from back of theatre. 85 West Portal Ave. Woman and two men on stage with audience applauding. Possible raffle winner?
West Portal
West Portal near Vicente
Empire Theatre showing 'Guns of Navarone' and 'The Chase.' The Chase flopped at the box office so Columbia rereleased The Guns of Navarone to bolster up the appeal. Family Liquor, Furs.
West Portal
Empire Theatre
View to proscenium from back of theatre. Gardens and fountain artwork on theatre walls. Taken prior to the circa 1970 remodel.
West Portal
Empire Theatre
View of wall panel gilded reliefs and inset painted nature scene. 85 West Portal Ave.
West Portal
Empire Theatre
Night view of lit marquee, ticket booth, and entry. 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'Elmer Gantry' playing with 'Generation' listed as coming soon. By October 1970, the neon marquee seen here would be replaced (possibly the reason this photo was taken)
West Portal
West Portal & Vicente
View past Municipal Railway M-Ocean View streetcar #1011 to Empire Theatre showing 'Wait Until Dark' and 'Cool Hand Luke.' Family Liquor Store, Furs.
West Portal
West Portal & Vicente
View northeast across intersection to Municipal Railway streetcar #1 on a fan trip excursion signed for K-Ingleside, K-line. Empire Theatre showing 'Patton.' Hedy's Apparel
West Portal
West Portal & Vicente
View past Municipal Railway K-Ingleside streetcar #1031 to Empire Theatre showing 'Fiddler on the Roof.' Corner building demolished for new construction. Holiday street decorations.
West Portal
West Portal near Vicente
Member of the Levin family posing in front of Portal (later Empire) Theatre and early automobile. Features on marquee are Douglas Fairbanks in The Gaucho and Bebe Daniels in Feel My Pulse.
West Portal
Empire Theatre
Interior view to side exit and screen with heraldic shield reliefs. Just before opening as Portal Theatre.
West Portal
West Portal near Vicente
View to Portal Theatre just before opening on December 26, 1925. Later named Empire Theatre.
West Portal
Geneva near Mission
Geneva Avenue shuttle streetcar #604 (Visitacion Valley line) with United Railroads streetcar behind. Sales office for Crocker-Amazon houses.
Crocker Amazon
Geneva & Rio Verde
View east on Geneva Ave near the future site of the Cow Palace, Market Street Railway (MSRy) Visitacion Valley line streetcar #735. Bayview Hill in background left. PG&E substation at Geneva & Schwerin in background right. The line became a bus line on August 1, 1937.
Outside SF
Bayshore & McDonald
View north past Market Street Railway Geneva Avenue shuttle streetcar #735 (Visitacion Valley line). Gas service station in background.
Outside SF