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THE DIME MUSEUMS Dime museums were a 19th century entertainment phenomenon that lasted from 1880 until 1900. These museums featured magicians, dancers, jugglers, and freaks of nature in exhibits that predated the traveling circus and carnival midways of more recent years.

THE PRINCESS THEATER Milwaukee's Princess Theater showed movies for 80 years, making it one of the longest continuously operating movie theaters in the nation. But the Princess was unique, and the personalities that made it so included members of the Pabst brewing family and a president of the United States.

HOUDINI Despite his untimely death in 1926, the name Houdini is still synonymous with magic and illusion. But the master magician's legacy is firmly rooted in Milwaukee's historic past. Houdini lived in the city for several years as a youth. He later performed in Milwaukee many times, humbly beginning with a dime museum booking in 1892, and grandly ending with a stage show at the Palace in November, 1923.

JOHN FREULER AND HARRY AITKEN These two Milwaukee men made a star out of Charlie Chaplin and financed D.W Griffth's epic film, "Birth of a Nation." When his motion picture empire came crashing down around his ears, John Freuler returned to Milwaukee and operated the White House and Century movie theaters.

MILWAUKEE MOVIE PALACES These pages contain research and photos from the book "Milwaukee Movie Palaces."Included is a complete list of every theater that operated in Milwaukee from 1890 to present day.