United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Ensley, 33.50937, -86.88593United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324Stein, Ben1927-07-29Letter 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.image/jpegtext/htmldbr087engBlues, Black vaudeville, and the silver screen, 1912-1930s (Digital Library of Georgia) GAGALhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Acquisition of property--Alabama--BirminghamMotion picture theaters--Alabama--BirminghamTheaters--Alabama--BirminghamTheaters--Purchasing--Alabama--BirminghamTheaters--Equipment and suppliesSale of small businesses--Alabama--BirminghamLeases--Alabama--BirminghamDouglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)Jaffe, Ben, theater ownerPalace Theatre (Ensley, Birmingham, Ala.)Letter: Macon, Georgia to Ben Jaffe, Ensley, Alabama, 1927 July 29Text