LU32.141

Postcard, Photographic

1920 Approximate

Janesville Movie Theater Interior. Janesville Main Street. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white postcard photograph of the interior of the Janesville theater showing the right side of the aisle; there is a pot-belly stove at the front side; wooden chairs for seating, murals on the wall, a poster of "Polvani and his Swiss Bell Ringers;" the movie screen at the front; see Accession LU32.142 for a view of the left side of the theater interior.

The donor is the great-grandson of William Everett, co-founder with Aughenbaugh, of the E. A. Co Mill in Waseca County. The Everett home, built by William's son Edward Everett, overlooking the east end of Clear Lake, was a showplace in its time. Demolished in 1967 it was an architectural and historical loss to Waseca County. This collection of photographs from Willard Everett is donated under our "Loaned to Us" program, where the donor allows WCHS to scan the images, but donor keeps possession of the original photographs. This first section is from his postcard collection.