PSTOS - Victory (Mission) Theatre, Tacoma Washington

Victory (Mission) Theatre - 2/5 Leathurby-Smith
4801 S Yakima Ave.
Tacoma, Washington
Organ installation timeframe: 1928-1929

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This Victory Theatre originally opened as the Mission Theatre in June 1924. It was renamed Victory Theatre in December 1924.

A 2/5 Leathurby-Smith organ was installed in April 1928.

Ad for the Victory Theatre from The Tacoma Daily Ledger - December 21 1930, courtesy Lost Tacoma.

Blueprint for the Mission Theatre February 1924, courtesy Lost Tacoma.

Interestingly, there was an earlier Victory Theatre located at 910 Pacific Ave.

The Leathurby-Smith instrument was removed in 1929 by Balcom & Provorse and reinstalled in Bellingham's Harlow-Hollingsworth Mortuary.

In 1992, Gordon Sullivan of Custer WA purchased the instrument and installed it in his home.

And then in 2024, the instrument was acquired by Stephen Mulcock of Tacoma WA.