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Consolidated images from the downtown portion of a 1928 aerial survey of Ottawa.

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Albert Street Nickel Theatre advertisement promoting music, sound, and respectability.

Nov 7 1913 - 1 - good copy.jpg
Drawing of the planned Imperial Theatre published during its construction in November 1913. The cinema would open on August 24, 1914.

June 17, 1914 - 8 - good copy.jpg
An advertisement for the Wurlitzer Motion Picture Orchestra organ from C. W. Lindsay Limited Pianos noting purchases by local theatres. F.W. Carling's theatre at 126 Sparks was the Flower Theatre (later named the Strand)

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An advertisement for the showing of "Bumping Into Broadway" at the family theatre mentions "Special Music By Big Family Orchestra".

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"The Eternal Light" was presented with a "Special Musical Setting" performed by the St. James Cathedral choir of Montreal at the Russell Theatre.

Apr 16 1908 - 8 - good copy.jpg
"Passion Play" shown "In Colored Moving Pictures" at the Monument National along with a "special Musical Programme" in 1908.

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An article describing the large-scale presentation of "The Prodigal Son" at the Russell Theatre with an augmented orchestra and "a special musical accompaniment"

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Pictures of the communal prologue (theatre and music production) of Pollyanna at the Court of Happinessthat preceded showings of the Mary Pickford filmPolyanna at the Russell Theatre in April 1920.

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An article describing the Russell's successful April 1920 prologuePolyanna at the Court of Happiness, which preceded showings of the Mary Pickford filmPollyanna.
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