Stand, Ticket
Object number2012.47.65 a,b
Date1911-1964
Mediumwood glass various metals
Credit LineGift of Melinda Hays Evans
DescriptionTall octagonal wooden booth. Painted gold. Colorless glass panels on lower half. Top half windows have lead bars: front window has opening on bottom with marble shelf for reception of tickets; shelf has rounded divet in center. Four decorative milk glass panels on top half: blue and white swirl pattern on sides; orange/brown and white swirl pattern above bars. Guilded designs vertically along sides and top frame. Light bulbs beneath outer decorative top frame and inside booth with metal pull chain.Dimensions96 x 57.625 x 25 in. (243.8 x 146.4 x 63.5 cm)Inscriptions(b)
"ALHAMBRA THEATRE / BOX OFFICE TICKET BOOTH / FRED A. & HELEN BEEDLE PROPRIETORS / LENT FOR DISPLAY FOR THE CANONSBURG / BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF JULY 2002 / BY: PATRICIA B. HAYS".
Historical NotesTicket booth from Beedles Alhambra Theatre in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The theater opened in 1911 and closed in 1964. It was torn down in the later 1970s.
Related person
Fred A. Beedle
Related institution
Helen Beedle
Previous owner
Patricia B. Hays
On View
Not on view
c. 1917
1950-1959
Wolverine Supply and Manufacturing Company