This exceptionally detailed photograph was taken in August 1934, when Hollywood Party played at the Carolina Theatre. The Carolina (later called the Drake) admitted African-American patrons only through a balcony entrance, visible behind the awning at bottom left.
Photo taken for Wilson Chamber of Commerce; print in collection of Lisa Y. Henderson.
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I remember the Carolina and Drake being at 2 different locations🤔
There was a second theatre also called the Carolina, which later, I think, was the one I knew as the Colony. Its building has been torn down.