This old vaudeville house, built in the 1930s in Alpine, Texas, was purchased by Indian immigrant Avanish Rangra, a chemistry professor at Sul Ross State University locally, and his wife, Anju, in the 1970s. In 2002 their son, Amit, told a local newspaper, "We're not exactly a multiplex as much as a
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- 2002
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- Carol M. Highsmith Archive
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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"This old vaudeville house, built in the 1930s in Alpine, Texas, was purchased by Indian immigrant Avanish Rangra, a chemistry professor at Sul Ross State University locally, and his wife, Anju, in the 1970s. In 2002 their son, Amit, told a local newspaper, "We're not exactly a multiplex as much as a" (2002). Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:This_old_vaudeville_house,_built_in_the_1930s_in_Alpine,_Texas,_was_purchased_by_Indian_immigrant_Avanish_Rangra,_a_chemistry_professor_at_Sul_Ross_State_University_locally,_and_his_wife,_Anju,_in_the_LCCN2014631053.tifNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 152941.
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