- Collection:
- The Blues, Black Vaudeville, and the Silver Screen, 1912-1930s: Selections from the Records of Macon's Douglass Theatre
- Title:
- Letter: Macon, Georgia to Ben Jaffe, Ensley, Alabama, 1927 July 29
- Creator:
- Stein, Ben
- Date of Original:
- 1927-07-29
- Subject:
- Acquisition of property--Alabama--Birmingham
Motion picture theaters--Alabama--Birmingham
Theaters--Alabama--Birmingham
Theaters--Purchasing--Alabama--Birmingham
Theaters--Equipment and supplies
Sale of small businesses--Alabama--Birmingham
Leases--Alabama--Birmingham
Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)
Jaffe, Ben, theater owner
Palace Theatre (Ensley, Birmingham, Ala.) - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Ensley, 33.50937, -86.88593
United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
text/html - Description:
- Letter from Ben Stein, owner and manager of the Douglass Theatre, to Ben Jaffe, probably the owner of the Palace Theatre in Ensley, Alabama, dated July 29, 1927, responding to an offer from Jaffe to sell the Palace Theatre. Stein explains that he is not interested in buying another "colored" house at this time because business is bad all over and the purchase would involve high risk. He suggests that if the Palace Theatre is operating at a profit, he might consider a proposition on a lease basis with the privilege of buying equipment at a given time. See dbr086 of the Douglass Theatre Web site for Jaffe's offer.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. - Local Identifier:
- dbr087
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/dtrm/id:dbr087
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_dtrm_dbr087
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_dtrm_dbr087/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Theater Records Series, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. Business Records, 1906-1967, Middle Georgia Archives, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- [1] p.
Manuscript held by the Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. business records, 1906-1967, box 22, folder 223, document 13. - Holding Institution:
- Washington Memorial Library, Middle Georgia Regional Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
July 29th, 1927
Ben Jaffe
Palace Theater.
Ensley, Ala. [Alabama]
Dear Sir:.
We are in receipt of your letter of the 25thInst. [Instant] in regard to your theater.
I dont think we would be interested in buying another colored house at this time, business is so bad now all over that it is taking to [too] big a risk in any house and much more so with a colored house, although if you have your house operating on a paying basis at this time we might consider a proposition at this time. We would not consider buying straight out the only thing we would consider is a proposition on a lease basis with the privalege [privilege] of buying equipment at a given time.
Than ing [Thanking] you for your inquiry.
I beg to remain
Yours very truly
B.G.M.
B.S.