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An old movie theater turned senior-citizen social club in Gary, Indiana, one of America's most economically distressed cities

Indiana · 1850–1939

An old movie theater turned senior-citizen social club in Gary, Indiana, one of America's most economically distressed cities, Indiana, 1850–1939
An old movie theater turned senior-citizen social club in Gary, Indiana, one of America's most economically distressed cities, Indiana, 1850–1939. Theaters — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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