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English: The Pekin Theatre (also called Pekin Inn or Pekin Café) was located at 2700 State Street, Chicago, Illinois in the 1910s-20s. It was purported to be the first Chicago Theatre owned and operated by African Americans. Many early jazz artists played there, most notably Joe "King" Oliver. This photo is courtesy of the Illinois Humanities Council and was published in the Chicago Reader (https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/06/15/an-evening-at-the-pekin-theatre-re-creates-the-countrys-first-black-owned-music-hall). The upstairs section was called the Beaux Arts Café. |
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| Source | Courtesy Illinois Humanities Council |
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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| current | 11:30, 7 June 2019 |  | 535 × 294, 3 pages (929 KB) | Agrahamt | User created page with UploadWizard |
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