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The Palms Theater
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives; Retouching by Helmut Ziewers
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The State, at right, looking south on Woodward.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives; Retouching by Helmut Ziewers
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The old marquee on the State.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
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The State in 1989
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One of the knights that flank the stage.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
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The State on the cusp of being reinvented as Clubland.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
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The State in 1989.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
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The State in 1979.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
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The theater in 1977.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
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The lobby of the State in 1977.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
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The State shortly after opening in 1925.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
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Crowds line up in front of the State in 1963 to watch "The Birds."
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
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The auditorium
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The Palms in 1979.
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The Palms in 1978.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
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The State in 1978.
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The inside of the Fillmore
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The theater in its days as the Palms
Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
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The Fillmore Detroit, then known as the State Theatre, is seen in this photo of Woodward Avenue from 1937.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives