2017-055 - Accession or Donation 0210.3 - Record Group Oversized F-084 - Photo Number
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Featured silent films. Vera Asbill played the piano and "Doc" Burnett and Pete Schoeningh, then a Cal Aggie student, played the violin to accompany the films. The theater was located on the west side of G Street where the Chamber of Commerce was later located. An earlier theater was in the upstairs of Schmeiser Hall on 3rd Street and on the southwest corner of 4th and G Streets. 1915-1916 Pete Schoeningh played the violin and Naomi Burnett Schoeningh played the piano at Posey's, next door to J. B. Tufts candy store. Collection of Wayne Sharp. Courtesy Davis Historical & Landmarks Commission.
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