At first his success seemed certain, but in 1921, the opening of Balaban and Katz’s Chicago Theatre signaled the beginning of the end for Vaudeville.
His best selling Autograph records were those of Jesse Crawford in 1924 playing the Wurlitzer pipe organ in the Chicago Theatre using his then new electrical disc recording system.
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It is located immediately south of the Chicago Theatre and directly across the street from Macy's flagship building on State Street, within the Loop Retail Historic District.