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Cedar Rapids’s first woman driver recalls pioneering theater years
Mrs. A J Diebold 87 of Cedar Rapids recalls being the area s first woman driver in 1915 and a theater manager with her husband A J Diebold. She performed as Grace Chamberlain before meeting her husband and running ten theaters. She moved to Tucson after 65 years in Cedar Rapids and has four grandchildren.
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A. J. Diebold
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Grace Mershon
Olin
Grace Chamberlain
Grace
Moet Angel
Grand Rapids, Mich
Marion
Greene’s Opera House
The
Strand
Diebold
First Avenue
Chicago
Grace Mershon Chamberlain
Ellis Park
Emma Burdecker