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Local Opera House A Century Of Traer Entertainment
Local Treer Opera House shaped community life from 1875 to 1901 with stages for chautauqua and home talent, including notable acts such as Marc Best and Miss America musical comedies. After a 1901 fire, a new theater opened in 1905, hosting stock companies, vaudeville, and silent films while serving as a social hub for the town.
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Treer Opera House
Traer
Tract Memorial
Barrners Savings Bank
Treer
Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Siever and MacClarey
Traer Memorial Building
A. I. Gates, Jr
A. E. Chamberlain
W. H. Bowen
Lyman Cody
Opera House
R. H. Moore
W. G. McCornack
W. H. Gregg
J. B. Dennis
John Steffen
D. E. Banker
R. 4. Moore
First National Bank
E. E. Taylor
the Star-Clipper
Iowa
Ladies Opera House Association
Moore
Taylor
Otis B. Thayer
Gertrude Bondhill
Star-Clipper
Attra
Chase-Lister Stock Company
Chase-Lister
Bette
Reputoire Coman
Tracr Opera House
Henderson Stock Company
Trousdale Brothers
Flor: Company
New Opera House
Brown Brothers
Marc
T. H. Best
Ing
Opera
iHome
Palent
American Legion Boys
American Legion and Auxiliary
T.O.C.F. and
Rebekahs
Tracer Commercial Club
Tracr ‘Town Band
Federation of Women's Clubs
The
Lions Club
Traer Opera House
Trace
Praer
Lente
Joe Wacdison
Rosalie Howard
Jo Ann Naylor
Milo Moehal Jr
Dorothy Galbreath
Bi Taylor
LaVonne Briges Cashuka
Jack Hanek
Shrek
Shirley Harrison
Marilyn Altenhein
Dona Weber
Benny Sealock
Betty Sealock
Ty Lois McRwen