Pleasant Hour Theatre, 166 Queen Street East
Description
- Mystery Question
- Can you help identify for the first couple in this photo (the two on the far left)[Please answer by clicking on the Comments tab]
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Photo of a group of people standing outside the Pleasant Hour Theatre that was once located in what is now 166 Queen Street East.
The people are identified as (left to right): __________________, ________________, Jack Alberts (the Projectionist), William and Jean Provan, Delbert and Margaret Hoover - Notes
- Condition: Okay. Some rips and tears in image and matte but photo is in pretty good shape otherwise with some yellowing at edges.
- Inscriptions
- The owner, W. Provan, was born in Glasgow. He fell out of a carriage as a child and thus never grew very tall. He came to Canada about 1900, and worked in Winnipeg. He was a vaudeville entertainer, who dressed in a kilt and performed Scottish songs. He was billed as the Canadian Harry Lauder. He met his wife, Jean, in Winnipeg and they were married in London. About 1911 they came to St. Marys and entered the moving picture business with Margaret and Delbert Hoover (Margaret was Jean's sister). William eventually bought out Delbert's share of the theatre.
By 1920, William and Jean Provan had moved to Hamilton, and then later to Michigan. - Date of Original
- Between 1911 and 1920
- Dimensions
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Width: 50.5 cm
Height: 41 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 50.5cm
Image Height: 41cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 1546ph
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum photo collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.2594188439819 Longitude: -81.141065955162
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- Donor
- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adamson
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- "Pleasant Hour Theatre." St. Marys Museum, 1546ph.
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal study or research; any other use must be done with permission of copyright holder.
- Reproduction Notes
- This image is a watermarked low resolution reproduction.
High resolution images are available at the St. Marys Museum for a fee.
- Contact
- St. Marys MuseumEmail:museum@town.stmarys.on.ca
Website:
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P.O. Box 998,
St. Marys, Ontario.
N4X 1B6
