Burgess-Nash Company Stock Certificate (Omaha, Nebraska Department Store)

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Burgess-Nash Company Stock Certificate
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The Burgess-Nash Company operated the large Burgess-Nash store in downtown Omaha, Nebraska
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The store was located at the site of the former Boyd's Theater and Opera House at
17th and Harney Streets
The man primarily responsible for the quality and the variety of the shows appearing on the Boyd Theater's stage was William J. Burgess. Burgess had been involved in theaters since the age of 12. He initially came to Omaha to manage the Grand Opera House and later managed the original Boyd Theater. When the Creighton Orpheum Theater opened, he served as its manager for two years. Once that theater joined the Orpheum Circuit, he took over the management of the second Boyd Theater and set about making it the premier live theater venue in Omaha. He introduced the first mail-order tickets in town and strived to book the premier acts. He even opened an acting school for fledgling dramatists. But even Burgess's efforts could not sway the audiences changing tastes towards motion pictures and the rising costs of mounting a live stage production.
In 1914, Boyd's Theater was sold to the Burgess-Nash Company for 1,000. Initially they continued to manage it as a theater, but as the competition from talking movies increased, the company eventually closed the theater. The last performance in the theater was on February 2, 1920. It was demolished in 1920 and the property redeveloped for their department store business.
The company's other namesake - Omaha-born pianist Frances Nash - was a friend and senior advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, often performed at Boyd's Theater.
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