Iowa

”Grand Opera House—Wm. Foster, mgr. Ed. Millaird, bus. mgr. S. c, 1,400. Prices 15c. to 50c. Ilium., gas. Width prose, opening, 33 ft. Height, 58 ft. Depth footlights to back wall, 42 ft. Dist. curtain line to footlights, 4 ft. Dist bet. side walls, 63 ft. Dist. bet. fly girders, 40 ft. Height grooves from stage, 18 ft. Stage to rigging loft, 54 ft. 4 grooves. Depth under stage, 8 ft. 3 traps, located center and 2 sides. 1 bridge, located center, back of 3. Grooves can be taken up flush with fly gallery. Theatre first floor. Jno. Steele, leader of orches. 3 to 5 in orches. Printing required, 10 to 12 stands, 25 3sheets, 100 1-sheets, 200  1/2-sheets. Dates read, Grand Opera House. Sam Ware, bill-poster.”

Reference Data:

Julius Cahn's Officail Theatrical Guide, Vol. 2, by Julius Cahn, 1897, pages 338-9