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The Victoria Theater in Wheeling, West Virginia. Opened in 1904, Victoria Theater is, as of 2015, the the oldest operating theater in West Virginia

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2015 05 11.
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  1. America
  2. Color
  3. Digital Photographs
  4. United States
  5. Vaudeville
  6. Victoria Theater
  7. West Virginia
  8. Wheeling

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