Color postcard (14 x 9 cm.) with an exterior view of the Orpheum Theatre on the southwest corner of 15th and Harney Streets in Omaha, Nebraska. There is an awning over the main entrance on 15th Street. The tall building at the southeast corner of 16th & Harney seen in the background is the City National Bank building. There is a horse and buggy on Harney Street. The title Orpheum Theatre, 15th and Harney, Omaha, Neb. is on the top left and the number 5456 is in the top right of the postcard.
Omaha was the fourth city in which Orpheum Circuit Theatre vaudeville was presented, the first performance given on December 4, 1898 in this building. In 1918 there was an Advanced Vaudeville matinee every day at 2:15 p.m. and an evening show at 8:15. This building stood until it was demolished and the present Orpheum Theatre was erected in 1927 with the new 16th Street entrance lobby going through the City National Bank building, the tall building seen in this image. Source: Souvenir and Opening Program of the Orpheum Circuit's New Orpheum Theatre, c1927; Becker, H. W. Omaha: A Century in Photos - Before Vaudeville Advanced Itself to Death. Omaha Sun Newspaper 4 May 1967.
