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Standard Theatre, Toronto
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-36
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-36
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 broadside
- Date
- [between 1922 and 1935]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a broadside advertising the performances of soubtette (soprano) Nellie Cassman at the Standard Theatre in Toronto.
- Administrative History
- The Standard Theatre was built in 1921 at the corner of Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street in Toronto as a venue for Yiddish theatre.It was designed by John M. Jeffrey, but architect Benjamin Brown may have also been involved. The building also became a centre of Jewish left wing political activism. In 1935 it was converted to a movie cinema known as the Strand. In 1941 it was transformed into the Victory Cinema, and in 1961 to the Victory Burlesque which closed in 1975. In more recent years the building has been renovated and occupied by retail stores and businesses.
- Source
- Archival Accessions