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114 West Lexington
Street
Baltimore
City, Maryland ( Downtown )
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A large empty lot
shows where once the Keith's Theatre stood. The theatre operated from
the mid 1910's to the mid 1950's. My grandfather, John Kilduff
spend many of his theater days at the Keith's, and also worked at the Century up the street. He also worked somewhat
at
the New Theatre. 2002 T.Paul Photo
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An Ad for the
Keith's Theatre done by John Kilduff.
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Keith's was one of the big theaters in
downtown Baltimore, situated one block to the west of the Century Theatre, and one block to the east of the New Theatre. The neon marquees of those three
theaters, and a few of the smaller movie houses across the street from
the Century made Lexington Street Baltimore's
theatre row, if ever there was one. True, we also had Kernan's Corner on Howard Street, but that group
of theaters was developed as a entertainment section, while the
theaters on Lexington Street would compete with each other over the
years, until each theatre would finally close, with two being torn
down, and one, just barely, standing
standing, but being put to other
uses.
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1920's view of the
Keith's Theatre. The facade of the old theatre still stands, but the
entire theater section of the building has been razed many years
ago.
John
Kilduff Collection
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The old entranceway
to the theatre is now a wig shop. By looking at this picture, you would
never guess it was once the entranceway to one of Baltimore's top
theaters. The marquee came down long ago, and the entranceway has since
been
redone.
2003
T.Paul Photo
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