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Interior detail of the Jefferson Theatre, an elegantly restored theater in Beaumont, Texas

Beaumont · 1850–1939

Interior detail of the Jefferson Theatre, an elegantly restored theater in Beaumont, Texas, Beaumont, 1850–1939
Interior detail of the Jefferson Theatre, an elegantly restored theater in Beaumont, Texas, Beaumont, 1850–1939. Theaters — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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