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W. W. Kimball Co. (1921)

Arcadia Theatre
510 N. Market Street
Wilmington, DE

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Notes

2022-08-24 - "The Arcadia Theater opened March 11, 1921 when a Kimball organ size 3/15 was installed. The Arcadia Theater was operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management in the 1940’s. It was closed on May 17, 1956 with Bill Haley in “Rock Around the Clock” & Neville Brand in “Fury at Gunsight Pass”. It was purchased by the Historical Society of Delaware and was demolished in 1965 to build their Delaware History Museum." -- Cinema Tresures website -Paul R. Marchesano

2022-08-24 - Diaphone was installed in the Asbury Park Convention Hall organ as part of its expansion to 17 ranks by Garden State Theatre Organ Society members. Fro their website: "The Diaphone is from a 1921 3/15 Kimball in the Arcadia Theatre (510 N. Market Street Wilmington, DE) which seated 1305." -Paul R. Marchesano


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