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Identifier: historyofbridgep00wald (find matches)
Title: History of Bridgeport and vicinity
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Waldo, George Curtis, Jr., ed
Subjects: Bridgeport (Conn.) -- History Bridgeport (Conn.) -- Biography Stratford (Conn.) Fairfield (Conn.)
Publisher: New York, Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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aintance in Bridgeport, where hisentire life has been passed, and iiis genuine worth is attested by the fact that those whohave known him longest and most intimately are his stanchest friends. PETER DAWE. Peter Dawe. devoting his entiri attention to the moving picture business, in whichconnection he operates two theatres in Bridgeport, was born in England, October 20, 1862,and had reached the twenty-second milestone on lifes journey when he crossed the Atlanticand came to the United States in 1884, settling in New Y^ork. He had previously learnedthe painters trade, which he followed in tlie eastern metropolis for a time but afterwardreturned to England. In ISHti, liowever, he once more came to the ITnited States and onthis occasion took up his abode in Bridgeport. The following year he established businesson his own account as a dealer in jiaints and a contractor in the ;)ainting business. Alongthat line he built up a good trade but in 1910 brancheil out into another lield by the jmr-
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IKlEK DAWE BRIDGEPORT AM) VICIMTV 409 i-hase (if tile liijciu tliiiidc, wliicli lie lonviitid into a moviiifj ;iiclini house. Smcccsh attendedthe venture and in 1U12 lie tore down liis paint store and built the Iahne theatri, sincewhicli time lie has eundueted both jdaees. now ;^iving his entire attention to the movingpii-ture liiisine^s. He liMs not left the thiatres one night in six years. The Hijou is a ten-eent theatre seating eight hundred and fifty people, and llie Ialaee is of e()ual eapaeity atidprice. Hoth are fireproof structures and the Palace, which is the newer building, is e(iui;)pe<lwith a most modern system of ventilation. Mr. Dawc greatly enjoys the business and feelathat therein he has found his permanent life work. (In .hine 4, ISSS, Mr. Dawe was married to .Miss .Minnie Thomas, a native of Kngland,who lia<l been his schoolmate in their youthful days. They have become parents of fourchildren: .lohn S., who is now in business with his father, married Josephine

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