The Pawnee City Opera House

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  • An acrobat hangs upside down from a tight wire strung from the southeast corner of the opera house. A circus big top is in the background. This photo was circa 1908 but shows the type of specialty acts that would have appeared inside the opera house over the years.
    An acrobat hangs upside down from a tight wire strung from the southeast corner of the opera house. A circus big top is in the background. This photo was circa 1908 but shows the type of specialty acts that would have appeared inside the opera house over the years.
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    Part 2:1886, For ExampleThe opera house was built in 1882 at a cost of $20,000. In its earliest days, how it was used and how often were not well documented in the newspapers of the day. In 1886, entrepreneurs A. B. Edee and W. A. McClure leased the opera house. They made things happen. They had access to stock companies, which were traveling troupes of actors performing the sam...

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