Richard Cordley, first historian of Lawrence Lawrence Students
Arts and Entertainment
1881 Invitation to the Turnverein Bal Masque
Invitation to a Winter Ball.This invitation to the Ninth Annual Bal Masque of the Sociale Verein, to...
Bismarck Grove
Historic Maps of Bismarck Grove. Three maps produced by Vera Sehon Dellwig show changes in Bi...
Bismarck Grove Buildings
Buildings at Bismarck Grove. Bismarck Grove buildings served fairs, chautauquas, and reunion...
Bowersock Opera House
The second opera building. The Bowersock Opera House,located on the northeast corner of Massachus...
Bowersock Theatre Ticket, 1913
Ticket for High School Play. A ticket to the Lawrence High School play entitled "A Scrap of Pap...
Bowersock Theatre Ticket ,1920
Tickets to the Bowersock Theatre. Eight tickets to the Bowersock Theatre for "Performance No 45...
Buch's Brass Band
Buch's Military Band Left to right: Schneider, Buch, Lesch, Griggs, Lesch, Griggs, Yeager, Biebusc...
Children Outside the Bowersock
Children's Group at the Bowersock. A large crowd of children and a few adults pose on the sidew...
Granada Theater
The history of the Granada Theater actually begins at the Patee. Riding the high road of success an...
Liberty Hall
The New Liberty Hall. On this site, there have been at least four buildings since Lawrence was ...
Nickel Theatre
An early theater in Lawrence. "The Nickel," was the first motion picture theater in the entire ...
Patee Theatre
The Patee Theatre,1920. This rare photograph, reproduced from a damaged negative in the Alfred ...
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The Varsity Theatre
The Varsity nee The New Vaudeville Theatre The early entertainment entrepreneur, Lee Cohn, who h...
Varsity Theatre
The Varsity Theatre. This photograph taken by Alfred Lawrence shows the Varsity Theatre located...
Washington's Birthday Ball
An Invitation to Washington's Birthday Ball. A beautiful printed invitation to Washington's Bir...
Werner's Reading & Recitations
Here are excerpts from a book describing games and activities suited for Halloween at the beginning ...
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