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From the category archives:
Gary Indiana
Designed by movie palace architect John Eberson and built by Maximillian Dubois in 1924, Gary’s Palace Theater was the place to see vaudeville acts and motion pictures in the City of the Century in the roaring twenties.
John Eberson (1875-1954) was born in Cernauti, Bukovina, part of Romania in 1875 and immigrated to the United States in 1901. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Vienna. He settled in St. Louis, MO. and began working for Johnston Realty and Construction Company and in 1904 set up his own practice which he moved to Chicago in 1910.
The theater, an anchor in downtown, was shuttered in 1972. In 1987, three Gary doctors tried to bring the Palace Theater back to life, buying the building at a tax sale for $30,000. They planned to invest between $500,000 and one million dollars to renovate the theater, the adjoining restaurants and storefronts and 27 apartments. They eventually abandoned the deal after the first restaurant opened was unsuccessful.
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We blogged about Mr Lucky’s last year and I remember we hunted high and low for a picture of the Jackson historic venue and all we found was a little picture. Now, almost one year later to stumble across this amazing photo with Tito in it feels somewhat iconic as we know Mr Lucky’s played an important role in the early days of Jackson 5. Click here to see our original post.
Tito we just love this picture. Definitely one of our favourites.
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Katherine Jackson stands next to a monument to her son in the yard of her former home during ceremonies commemorating the first anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death on June 25, 2010 in Gary, Indiana.
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I reckon this is the stuff that inspired Joe Jackson
Vee-Jay was founded in Gary, Indiana in 1953 by Vivian Carter and James C. Bracken (later that year, Mr. & Mrs. Bracken), who used their first initials for the label’s name. The first song they ever recorded made it to the top ten of the national rhythm & blues charts. In a short time, Vee-Jay was the most successful black- owned record company in the United States. By 1963, they were charting records faster than some of the major labels.
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Vee-Jay Records founded in Gary, Indiana, was the first U.S. company to have the Beatles. In one month alone in early 1964, they sold 2.6 million Beatles singles. Two years later, the company was bankrupt. Vee-Jay acquired the rights to some of the early Beatles recordings in a licensing deal with EMI in which the main attraction at the time was another EMI performer, Frank Ifield.
Vee-Jay’s biggest successes occurred in 1962-1964, with the ascendancy of the Four Seasons and the distribution of early Beatles material (“Please Please Me” and “From Me to You” via Vee-Jay and “Love Me Do”, “Twist and Shout”, and “Do You Want to Know a Secret?” via its subsidiary Tollie Records), because EMI’s autonomous United States company Capitol initially refused to release Beatles records. Vee-Jay’s releases were at first unsuccessful, but quickly became huge hits once the British Invasion took off in early 1964, selling 2.6 million Beatles singles in a single month.
Cash flow problems caused by Ewart Abner’s tapping the company treasury to cover personal gambling debts led to the company’s active demise; Vee-Jay had been forced to temporarily cease operations in the second half of 1963, leading to royalty disputes with The Four Seasons and EMI. The Four Seasons then left Vee-Jay for Philips Records, and EMI’s Capitol Records picked up the U.S. rights for both The Beatles and Frank Ifield. Read More
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This is a video prelude to the full length documentary that is underway. Midtown – The Central District is a historic area in Gary, Indiana. It was vibrant and full of hope decades ago. It centered around black businesses and black unification. There is a strategic initiative in place to revive this once hustling and prosperous area
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Gary, Indiana Mayor Rudy Clay (R) presents Joe Jackson, father of Michael Jackson
Gary, Indiana Mayor Rudy Clay (L) sits with Joe Jackson
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Stage hands prepare for a memorial service for Michael Jackson at the Steelyard, a minor league baseball park in Jackson's childhood hometown July 10, 2009 in Gary, Indiana.
Michael Jackson fans wait in line for a memorial service at the Steelyard, a minor league baseball park in Jackson's boyhood hometown July 10, 2009 in Gary, Indiana.
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Four-year-old Jalynn Hurt stands in front of the stage prior to the start of a memorial service for Michael Jackson
Anthony Wilson impersonates Michael Jackson prior to the start of a memorial service for the late singer at the Steelyard, a minor league baseball park in Jackson's boyhood hometown July 10, 2009 in Gary, Indiana.
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REMOVE THAT SCARF! YOUR HANDSOME!
Awww…
