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The music for “Let’s All Go To the Franklin” was published in the Ottawa Journal as part of“Franklin Week” in September 1929.

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Rudolph Pelisek obituary. Second page missing from microfilm.

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A praiseful short biography of Horace Wilson's training and achievements.

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An illustrated advertisement for 1918 showings of the controversial 1915 film "The Birth of a Nation" at the Regent Theatre featuring "Original Effects" and a "Big Orchestra."

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The interior of the Flower Theatre with a Wulitzer Motion Picture Orchestra organ below the screen. A rare example of a photograph of a theatre’s interior and instrument being featured in an advertisement.

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An article announcing a series of dance lessons on screen at the Centre theatre.

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The first of three times this image of the Regent Orchestra would be featured in the Ottawa Journal between 1917 and 1918. A rare example of putting cinema musicians front and centre in a newspaper advertisement. Click here to learn more about this…

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Early notice of films being shown at the Russell Theatre.

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A framed photograph of Amédée with the signature, "P. A. Tremblay", appearing at the bottom.

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Photograph of the Regent Concert Orchestra of the 1917-1918 season. From left to right: Joseph Pelisek (violin), Amédée Tremblay (piano and organ), Julius Hillas (clarinet), Rudolph Pelisek (violin), Horace Wilson (organ), Robert Richard Wimperis…
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