Majestic Hall and attached shops, Factory Street, Pomona, 1925

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TitleMajestic Hall and attached shops, Factory Street, Pomona, 1925 Additional InformationThe hardwood timber hall with a corrugated iron roof (now the Majestic Theatre) was built in 1921 for Errol A. Osborne and wife Myra, then licensees of the Pomona Railway Hotel. It included a sprung dance floor, had seating for 198 people and interior steps leading upstairs to a balcony and projection room. The hall was designed to serve several functions; screen movies, stage vaudeville productions, dances, sporting activities and to provide a social centre for the town. In 1923 it became a venue for showing silent films and has continued to screen pictures ever since. Pictured: L to R: Majestic Cafe, which also served as Holmans Grocery and Stationery Supplies, and later became the Projector Museum. The family who owned the grocery store lived in rooms at the back. Majestic Hall entry (centre) and shop (right) which accommodated at various times, a dentist, a radio shop, a motor mechanic and a candy bar. A supper room was also added to the right side of the building to cater for gatherings at concerts and balls. People in foreground unknown.Date1925Image NoM864607

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