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View of Morosco's Grand Opera House, October, 1895, during the run of the "Dark Secret."

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Title: View of Morosco's Grand Opera House, October, 1895, during the run of the "Dark Secret."
Creator: Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912
Contributor: Jefferson, C. S
Date Created and/or Issued: 1895
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Plates in: Atlanta Exposition, Pacific Coast views : [photograph album], pg. [17].
Shows race scene; two dogs in foreground.
The play "Dark Secret" opened Oct. 21, 1895 at Morosco's Grand Opera House. Written by C.S. Jefferson, was laid in New England. Featured a regatta scene for which theatre built colossal water tank for play's boatrace. Boats included steam launch. Several dogs on stage. Robert MacArthur oarsman for the Olympic Club participated in race scene.
In 1895, Atlanta hosted the Cotton States and International Exposition. Designed to foster trade with South America and Europe, showcased the products and facilities of the region and six other states. California hosted an exhibit of photographs, produce.
2016-3552.
Type: image
Format: Unmediated
Sheet
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 photographic print ; 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.
Identifier: (C)001603418CSL01-Aleph
Language: English
Subject: MacArthur, Robert--Photographs
Morosco, Walter M.--Homes and haunts--California--San Francisco--Photographs
Grand Opera House (San Francisco, Calif.)--Photographs
Cotton States Exposition, (1895 :. Atlanta, Ga.)
Theaters--California--San Francisco
Theatrical productions--California--San Francisco
Boats--California--San Francisco
Dogs--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Photograph albums
Place: California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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