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Contains both advertisements as well as pictures. This book essentially describes the entirety of the Keswick’s existence as a suburban theatre that transformed an entire community. Takes the theatre from before it was constructed up to today. By Lee Forest Black

Provides facts about buildings in Philadelphia. By Peggy DeAngelo

A website that brings attention to the Boyd theater in Philadelphia and asks for support in restoring it.  By Peggy DeAngelo

Gives factual information about old theaters.  Also provides an open comment space where people involved with the theater or who were alive to experience the theater can write what they know.  The collection includes information and first hand acounts about old theaters in Philadelphia.  By Peggy

from National Register of Historic Places (2005).The Keswick Theater. November 18, 2005. from the United States Department of the Interior.

Architectural style is Stick/Eastlake, dimensions given. By Lee Forest Black

Acclaimed as perhaps the best theatre in Philadelphia in terms of acoustics and comfort level. Cites specific acts that performed there.  By Lee Forest Black

Opened in 1928 by the architect of the Philadelphia Art Museum, Horace Trumbauer as a vaudeville/movie house. Best recognized for its architecture and acoustics, suburban atmosphere.  By Lee Forest Black