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Evanston goes to the movies, Part 2
['Jenny Thompson']
Evanston RoundTable
— Chicago Tribune, Sept. 1, 1914[1]In the wake of the opening of the Evanston Theater and its controversial segregation policy, Evanston saw a proliferation of moving picture theaters.
Credit: Evanston News-Index, February 13, 1923, and Evanston Review, September 20, 1951.
[9] It operated until roughly the end of 1915. Credit: Evanston Daily News, July 24, 1913.
Some “objectionable pictures,” it appeared, were still being shown at Evanston theaters.
Up next: Evanston goes to the movies, Part 3, policing Evanston’s movie theaters, 1913-1916.