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Glance at the Past - Smith's Opera House

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WYCE Radio 88.1 FM
4/25/12 08:52am
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During its later years the Opera House became known as "wicked old Smith's Opera House" as burlesque became the standard fare. Some saw its redemption when Mel Trotter turned it into a rescue mission in1900.
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