MGM Farmington NH Strand Theatre Studio Card Photo Circa 1941 & 1950
MGM Farmington NH Strand Theatre Studio Cards circa 1941 & 1950. The theater was located in what was known as the Pythias Block or Pythias Hall on Central Street. The building was a filled with much activity and housed many important Farmington businesses and organizations over its' life.
The card indicates that this was a Strand brand theater and that it belonged to the Boston branch. It indicates the town population was around three thousand people and that no other competing theater was present. It had been playing MGM films for fifteen years. It details that the theater was built around 1925 and that it could seat three hundred patrons. The card is signed. The 1950 card is mainly blank except the affixed photograph and some basic information that mirrors the card from 1941. It is not signed.
Size: 5" x 8"
The 1941 item is in the physical museum collection. The 1950 item is a digital file and it does no exist in the physical museum collection.
PLEASE NOTE: This resource was created during the 19th or 20th century. It has biases stemming from those periods.
FHS-Kyle Leach
MGM-Metro Goldwyn Meyer
MGM-Metro Goldwyn Meyer
1941 & 1950
1941 card purchased for the society in May of 2018. The purchase was partially funded by a gift from Turner Liberty Insurance. 1950 card is a digital representation and is not housed in the physical museum collection.
Olympia Theatre Transfer-Strand Theatre Opening- Farmington News Articles
Article detailing the Olympia Theatre transfer to the Strand Theatre and the Strand Theatre Opening. These are Farmington News articles from September and October 1920.
This item is a digital file and it does no exist in the physical museum collection.
FHS-RKL
PLEASE NOTE: This resource was created during the 19th or 20th century. It has biases stemming from those periods.
Farmington News
Farmington News
1920
1962 Farmington News Article Pythias Hall Torn Down
A Farmington News article from page 21 dated 1962 covering the tearing down of the Pythias Hall. Over the years the hall was home to a candy store, movie theater, offices for Attorney Wiggin, Doctor Lord, and the dentist Doctor Clarkson. The Montauk Sports Club, Pythian Sisters, and the Harmony Lodge also called the building home at one time or another. Most of the building burned in a fire in 1914, but was rebuilt. Before being demolished, to make way for a parking lot, it had been vacant for some time.
This item is a digital file and it does not exist in the physical museum collection.
FHS-Kyle Leach
PLEASE NOTE: This resource was created during the 19th or 20th century. It has biases stemming from those periods.
Farmington News
Farmington News
1962