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Opera House
, Wilmington, North Carolina
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Dates of Operation
1897* - unknown
Performance Types
movies
Capacity
Racial Policy
segregated
Description
Notes
Building Notes
Associated Persons
Name
Role
Schloss, Simeon Archibald
manager
Associated Organizations
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Wilmington Star - 3/14/1897
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Postcards (1)
Postcard - Opera House - City Hall and Court House, Wilmington, N. C.
Newspaper Clippings
Opera House- "A Fine Concert Company of Colored Talent"- Mixed Race Audiences
Wilmington Messenger - 7/24/1889
Tags:
music; non-theatrical venue
Opera House- "A Fine Concert Concert Company of Colored Talent"- Audiences and Race
Wilmington Messenger - 7/24/1889
Tags:
music; opera house; racial policy
Opera House- "The Sunny South Singers"- Audiences and Race
Wilmington Messenger - 7/28/1889
Tags:
music; opera house; racial policy
Opera House- "Concert of the Sunny South Singers"- Audiences and Race
Wilmington Messenger - 7/30/1889
Tags:
music; opera house; racial policy
Opera House - Ad - Edison's Projectoscope
Wilmington Star - 3/14/1897
Tags:
music; opera house
Opera House - Edison's "Projectoscope"
Wilmington Star - 3/14/1897
Tags:
admission price; band or orchestra; drugstore; film title; music; opera house
Opera House - Ad - Edison's Projectoscope
Wilmington Star - 3/16/1897
Tags:
music; opera house
At the Opera House - organ
Wilmington Star - 3/18/1897
Tags:
music; opera house
Audience Grows Larger and Larger - Opera House - organ
Wilmington Star - 3/19/1897
Tags:
admission price; drugstore; music; opera house; program change
Owing to the great desire of our colored citizens to witness the "Projectoscope" at the Opera House - racial policy
Wilmington Star - 3/20/1897
Tags:
balcony; balcony, racially segregated; notable; opera house; racial policy
Opera House - Ad - circus
Wilmington Star - 10/31/1897
Tags:
circus; tent
Opera House - Guy Woodward and Company Open a Week's Engagement To-morrow Night
Wilmington Star - 10/31/1897
Tags:
admission price; opera house
Opera House - Ad - admission price
Wilmington Star - 11/2/1897
Tags:
admission price; film title; opera house
Robinson and Franklin's Circus - Two Performances Given in Wilmington to Large Audiences
Wilmington Star - 11/2/1897
Tags:
admission price; circus; music; opera house; tent
At the Opera House - minstrel shows
Wilmington Star - 11/10/1897
Tags:
minstrel shows; music; opera house; racial policy
Opera House - Ad - opera house
Wilmington Star - 11/10/1897
Tags:
admission price; music; opera house
Opera House - Ad - boxing films
Wilmington Star - 11/13/1897
Tags:
boxing films; music; opera house
Opera House - boxing films
Wilmington Star - 11/13/1897
Tags:
actualities; boxing films; drugstore; music; opera house
Opera House - "The Burglar" To-morrow Evening and the Veriscope Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings
Wilmington Star - 11/14/1897
Tags:
charity; music; ymca
At the Opera House - boxing films
Wilmington Star - 11/17/1897
Tags:
admission price; boxing films; drugstore; music; opera house
Opera House - Ad - boxing films
Wilmington Star - 11/17/1897
Tags:
admission price; boxing films; music; opera house
Opera House To-night - drug store
Wilmington Star - 10/15/1901
Tags:
drugstore; opera house
Academy of Music- "Kersand's Minstrels"- Minstrelsy
Wilmington Messenger - 1/13/1906
Tags:
minstrel shows; opera house; racial policy
Opera House- Williams Colored Singers- Audiences and Race
Wilmington Star - 4/15/1923
Tags:
admission price; music; opera house; racial policy
Opera House- "A Fine Concert Company of Colored Talent"- Mixed Race Audiences
unknown publication
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Periodicals
Listing for Farmer Dunn's moving pictures - Opera House - film title
New York Dramatic Mirror - 2/16/1901
Tags:
film title; opera house; traveling exhibitor