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The inaptly named Palace Theater, long abandoned in Gary, Indiana, one of America's most economically distressed cities

Indiana · 1850–1939

The inaptly named Palace Theater, long abandoned in Gary, Indiana, one of America's most economically distressed cities, Indiana, 1850–1939
The inaptly named Palace Theater, long abandoned 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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