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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

1937:ZEROING IN ON THE GARDEN THEATRE

I never attended this theater but remember seeing the listing in the daily edition of the local press. This is an extracted segment from a high definition photo of North Broad street looking north,

3 comments:

Michael said...

Tom:
Lets just say the "Garden" was not a movie house you took your teenage girlfriend to on a Saturday night date.
Now Monday's when the gave away free dishware was another story! LOL
Went there once and even I was embarassed.

Mike Kuzma

Tom Glover said...

Thanks Mike.

David said...

My grandmother immigrated to Trenton from England in 1910 at age 14. I recall her pointing out this theater as being the “tin dump.” It apparently had a metal roof that made a great deal of noise when it was raining. It also had a balcony for African Amrericans.