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Today in History: August 16: Hippodrome Closes
Collection of material about New York's Hippodrome theater, which closed on August 16, 1939. "Built in 1905 with a seating capacity of 5,200, for a time the Hippodrome was the largest and most successful theater in New York. ... The most popular vaudeville artists of the day, including illusionist Harry Houdini, performed at the Hippodrome." Includes images and links to related resources. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug16.html

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