Title	Colfax Theater
Subject	Historic buildings--Indiana--South Bend Theater--Indiana--South Bend
Description	The Colfax Theater, located at the corner of Main and Colfax in downtown South Bend, IN. Opened in 1928, it was promoted as the first theater in the world "in which the musical accompaniment to every part of the program...will be Vitaphone and Movietone" (S.B. News Times, July 22, 1928). It was most notably the location of the world premiere of Knute Rockne All American, starring Ronald Reagan on October 4, 1940. The theater was eventually demolished in 1991.
Original Date	1966
Time Period	1960s (1960-1969)
Digital Date	2015-12-09
Digital Reproduction Specifications	Full View: 600 dpi jpg; Archived: 600 dpi tiff; Scanner: Epson Expression 10000XL
Type	Still Image
Genre	Photograph
Size	19.10 x 24.45 cm
Identifier	ARCH-CFX-062
Repository Collection	Local & Family History Services Archival Collection
Physical Repository	St. Joseph County Public Library
Usage Statement	Materials in Michiana Memory are in the public domain. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. To purchase copies of images and/or for copyright information, contact local.history@sjcpl.org <mailto:local.history@sjcpl.org>.
Provenance	St. Joseph County Public Library (South Bend, IN)
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Colfax Theater

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