Credit: Philadelphia City Archives
In the early years of the Great Depression, black theater owner John T. Gibson was forced to sell the Dunbar Theater. Renamed the Lincoln, it continued to host many of the top entertainers of its day.
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The Lincoln Theater, Broad and Lombard Streets, Philadelphia, PA, 1932.
Credit: Philadelphia City Archives
In the early years of the Great Depression, black theater owner John T. Gibson was forced to sell the Dunbar Theater. Renamed the Lincoln, it continued to host many of the top entertainers of its day.
