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Biograph Theatre
The Biograph Theater in June 2007
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2433 N. Lincoln Avenue Chicago, Illinois United States
The Biograph Theater on Lincoln Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, was originally a movie theater but now presents live productions. It gained early notoriety as the location where bank robber John Dillinger was leaving when he was shot down by FBI agents, after he watched a gangster movie there on July 22, 1934.[2][3] The theater is on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated a Chicago Landmark on March 28, 2001.[4]
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^"Kill Dillinger here". Chicago Daily Tribune. July 23, 1934. p. 1. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
^"Jealousy set Dillinger trap". Chicago Daily Tribune. July 24, 1934. p. 1.
^"National Park Service". NP Gallery Digital Asset Management System. August 25, 2019. Archived from the original on August 21, 2022. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
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