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[Raff Kinetoscope Parlor]  
Address Masonic Building
Opening Night Seating Capacity [not applicable]
Original Theatre Owner Norman C. Raff
Original Theatre Architect unknown
Years of Operation Opened [?] May? 1894
Type of Musical Accompaniment [not applicable]
Current Status unknown

[Raff Kinetoscope Parlor] may have been the second novelty parlor in the world to feature the Edison Kinetoscope peep-show devices.

References: Ramsaye-Million p. 88.
 

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