Kleinhans Music Hall
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Under Construction - 1938-1940
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Late October, 1939: Main Hall interior, full-height brick walls on both sides
(prior to balcony construction), with main floor seat mounts. Distant center shows
main stage filled with scaffolding, with curved recess for large orchestra pit
directly in front

25 May 1939 - excavation com-
plete; looking East from Normal

25 May 1939 - excavation com-
plete; looking West from Circle

25 May 1939 - town supervisors
in consultation


2 June 1939
derrick, dump truck, 3 workers

2 June 1939 - pouring concrete
Mary Seaton Room foundation

6 June 1939 - workers at the
back wall of the Mary Seaton Room


3 July 1939 - floor work
in the Mary Seaton Room

1 August 1939 - work on back
wall of KMH near Livingston Hall

Summer of 1939 - brick work on
KMH box office wall, facing East


c. August 1939 - workers at front
of the main stage of Kleinhans

c. August 1939 - bricklayers at
NW corner of Livingston Hall

Autumn of 1939 - brick work on
NW side of KMH above Livingston


2 June 1939 - surveyor after
construction site excavation

6 June 1939 workers near
left side of Mary Seaton

3 July 1939 - spot lights on
floor of Mary Seaton Room


1 August 1939 - cement truck on
site, Mary Seaton Room upper left

1 August 1939 - workers chatting
center of Porter Ave outside wall

c. August 1939 - workers at Mary
Livingston - bricklayers, etc.


1 August 1939 - derrick, park
bench behind Mary Seaton Room

6 June 1939 - worker handling
long planks at Mary Seaton left wall

c. August 1939 - worker high on
KMH back-stage dressing room wall


Autumn of 1939 - worker at Porter
Ave wall above seat Y50

c. August 1939 - surveyor at
southwest corner of KMH

31 May 2010 - KMH with
restored reflecting pool


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