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A fact from Oriental Theatre (Portland, Oregon) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 December 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Oriental Theatre's chandelier (ceiling pictured) in Portland, Oregon, United States, contained 3,000 light bulbs and weighed 2,000 pounds (910 kg)?

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Possible sources[edit]

These were listed as "secondary sources" to the HABS paper. (primary sources were blueprints, interviews, etc.)

"The Movies", Richard Griffith & Arthur Mayer, 1957, Simon & Schuster, pages 240-241.
"The Best Remaining Seats: The Story of the Golden Age of the Movie Palace", Ben M Hall, 1961, pages 244-250.
"Seattle and Environs", Pioneer Historical Publishing Co., 1924, Vol I, page 570; Vol IV, pages 615-616.
"The Oriental Wurlitzer, a Unique Installation!! [sic]", Theatre Organ, Vol VI, No. 2 (Summer 1964), page 4.
"The Oriental Theatre - Portland", Pacific Coast Architect, Vol 33 No 4 (Apr 1928), pages 30-34
The Oregonian articles:
- "Tallest Building on East Side is Ready for Finishing", Oct 16 1927
- "John Hamrick's Venture in Film Attractions Welcomed...", May 7 1932, Sec 1, pg 18
- Oriental Theatre Boss Waging War on Downtown Movie Houses", March 25 1961, pg 17
- "City to Rent Movie House!", Feb 5 1965, sec 1, pg 1
- "Helped by City Lease, Oriental Theatre 'Fabulous' Again", Oct 3 1965, Forum, pg 6
- "Oriental to Reopen as Movie House After Two Yeras in Auditorium Role", April 28 1968, sec 2, pg 6
- "Roberts Brothers Buys East Side 'Skyscraper'", Nov 5 1969, Business section
Oregon Journal articles: (only listing "final" articles, there were many around construction time, I'm tired of being a human OCR machine)
- "Auction Sale Called 'Final Act' for Ornate Oriental Theatre", ca Feb 15 1970
- "Oriental Theatre Furniture, Fixtures Offered Via Hammer of Auctioneers", Feb 16 1970
- "Showplace to Disappear", Feb 17 1970

Bonus points if anyone can find the Theatre Organ magazine and the Pacific Coast Architect article. I suspect those could be very interesting. tedder (talk) 07:26, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]