Empress Theatre

Empress Theatre

Photo of the Empress Theatre, Kearney, Nebraska

Colored photograph of the Empress Theatre in Kearney, Nebraska. The theater opened on September 21, 1914. The named changed to Fort Theater during the 1940s and officially closed in 1993. Today, the building still stands as Fort Dentistry in Kearney, Nebraska and the office aims to preserve the theater history by decorating its lobby with the theater's original movie seats, ticket machine, and other original artifacts and memorabilia.

Don Dingman

06/20/2015

1993

1914

1940s

April White

Rob Foresman

Dr. Jinny Turman (scans)

Don Dingman

University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)

http://jabberclarks.blogspot.com/2011/09/theater-fort-kearney-nebraska.html

http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/empress-theatre-gets-new-electric-sign/article_019f92ae-a0b6-11e3-9ae8-0019bb2963f4.html

http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/buffalo.htm

Placard

JPEG

English

Kearney, Nebraska

Print of Charcoal, Pastel and Pencil