Tampa Theatre Oral History Collection
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Interviewer
Andy Huse, Jill Witecki, Joey Hager
Publication Date
2024
Date
2024-02-12
Abstract
Donald Booth and Jim Miller are longtime ushers for Tampa Theatre. Donald Booth and Jim Miller grew up in downtown Tampa during the sixties and fondly remember their experience working as ushers in the summer breaks. They detail working in the Tampa Theatre concession stand, surviving Beatlemania, playing pranks, and interacting with girls at the theater. Donald Booth and Jim Miller describe what downtown Tampa was like during the sixties revealing the local teenage hangouts, depicting the types of characters in downtown Tampa, and remembering events like Snow Day.
Keywords
Tampa Theatre, historic theaters, historic theatre conservation, historic theater preservation, Tampa Catholic, Sacred Heart, Beatlemania, ushers, concession stands, downtown Tampa, racial integration, Nick Nuccio (1901-1989), Jim Fair (1917-1991)
Extent
1:00:34; 58-page transcript
Subject: geographic
Downtown Tampa (Fla.), Tampa (Fla.), Sulphur Springs, (Fla), Ybor City, (Fla).
Language
English
Digital Date
2024
Media Type
Oral history
Format
Digital only
Identifier
tampa-theatre-ohp-booth-donald-miller-jim
Recommended Citation
Booth, Donald and Miller, Jim, "Donald Booth and Jim Miller Oral History Interview" (2024). Tampa Theatre Oral History Collection. 13.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tampa_theatre_ohp/13
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