Abstract

This collection contains invitations, brochures, programs, and ephemera from events in Ogden.

Of particular note is material related to the 1997 Sundance film Festival, the Utah musical

Theatre, and the Ogden Egyptian Center. Materials range in date from 1993 – 1997.

Abstract

Contains the CD-R and photocopy of photograph

Scope and Contents

Two programs, two candy tickets and two pins.

Scope and Contents Peery’s Egyptian Theater was born out of the worldwide “Egyptomania” sparked by the 1922 discovery of King Tutankhamen’s tomb. After their Arlington Hotel burned down in 1923, the Peery family rebuilt on the site, commissioning architects Leslie Hodgson and Myrl McClenahan to design a grand Egyptian-themed “Showplace of the West.” The theater opened in July 1924 with twinkling star lights, neon sunsets, and its first film, Wanderer of the Wasteland. Despite challenges through the Great...