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View from Michigan Avenue August 26 1927

 

View of the lobby August 26 1927




View from the stage August 26 1927


 

View from Michigan Avenue probaly in the 1930's

 

View from Michigan Avenue in the early 1950's

   

View of Michigan Avenue buildings sometime around 1971.

   

 

Charles Shafer, Lillian Shafer (mom), Edward Everett Horton (movie star), Dorothy Shafer, and Martin Shafer at the ground breaking of the Quo Vadis movie theater in Westland.

 

Charles Shafer and Martin Shafer, sons of the original manager and owner Walter Shafer.

     

 

Three generations of the Shafer family movie empire, owners of the former Quo Vadis Entertainment Center in Westland are shown here in the Quo Vadis Theatre No. 1. From left to right, Charles Shafer, Mrs. Walter D. (Lilian) Shafer (Charles and Martin's mother), Randy Shafer (Martin's son) and Martin Shafer.

 

Charles Shafer meeting the movie actor Robert Mitchum in December 1970 when the movie Ryan's Daughter was to have it's Michigan premiere at the Quo Vadis in Westland.

     

   

Herb Strong, the chief projectionist of the Quo Vadis theater complex with Martin Shafer.