Vendome Theater

CTL-E-0863 · Address · site · 1919-1949 (demolished)

Verified evidence grade of this record

1,300-seat State Street theater; Louis Armstrong performed there with Erskine Tate's orchestra in 1925; Fats Waller was house organist in 1927.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BVM-005; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BVM-005:venue-vendome-theater; source research type(s): place.

Sources

Bo Lindstrom (2012); UChicago Library exhibition text (1996-97)

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