Westland Theater Newspaper Advertisement for "Narcotic," an Exploitation Film by Dwain Esper

ID: 781 ~ Source: Portsmouth Times (1 October 1934), Historic Portsmouth Newspaper Collection, Center for Public History Archive, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio. ~ Date: 1 October 1934

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Westland Theater Newspaper Advertisement for "Narcotic," an Exploitation Film by Dwain Esper

This file appears in: Portsmouth NAACP Protests Jim Crow at the Westland Theater

Portsmouth NAACP Protests Jim Crow at the Westland Theater

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