Motherlode and Fox Theatres - Framed and Matted Print

These framed and matted prints are luxurious, and look like they belong in a museum.

Frame sizes are the outer edge of the frame.

1923: The Masonic Bodies built the Temple Theatre

Great Depression: the Masons rent the theater to 20th Century Fox.

Movie industry declines: theater becomes vacant and in need of repair.

1996 The Mother Lode Theatre: Nonprofit formed by citizens raises $3 million and renovates the theater, Masons donate the building to the city. Circa 1940.