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I have changed the caption to the lead picture here as the photograph is not of "patrons" of the Opera House, but is rather of the Opera House when a meeting of strikers and sympathisers was held there Sunday, April 12, 1908, during the [[Streetcar operators' strike, 1908|streetcar operators' strike]]. '''[[User:Dscosson|dscosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 23:06, 1 April 2008 (CDT)
 
I have changed the caption to the lead picture here as the photograph is not of "patrons" of the Opera House, but is rather of the Opera House when a meeting of strikers and sympathisers was held there Sunday, April 12, 1908, during the [[Streetcar operators' strike, 1908|streetcar operators' strike]]. '''[[User:Dscosson|dscosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 23:06, 1 April 2008 (CDT)
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:Aha! All those people, at an opera, in Pensacola? I knew something wasn't right. --[[User:Admin|Admin]] 07:22, 2 April 2008 (CDT)
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==Progress Club?==
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Interesting... noticed via the [[Sanborn Maps]] that by 1907, the Opera House was apparently known as the "Progress Club." <span style="font-family:Georgia, serif; color:#cccccc;">&mdash;&nbsp;'''''[[User:Admin|admin]]'''''&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;'''''[[User_talk:Admin|talk]]'''''&nbsp;</span> 17:18, 6 December 2009 (CST)
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:I think it's just that the "Progress Club" had space in the building. See [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062268/1905-02-02/ed-1/seq-6/;words=Opera+PROGRESS+Club+house+Pensacola+opera+House+Progress+CLUB], a 1905 ''Journal'' article which describes "the brilliant full evening dress ball given by the Progress Club in their elegant quarters in the Opera House building." <span style="font-variant:small-caps; vertical-align:5%; font-family: Georgia,serif; color:#cccccc;">—&nbsp;'''[[User:Dscosson|dscosson]]''' • '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]'''&nbsp;</span> 17:26, 6 December 2009 (CST)

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I have changed the caption to the lead picture here as the photograph is not of "patrons" of the Opera House, but is rather of the Opera House when a meeting of strikers and sympathisers was held there Sunday, April 12, 1908, during the streetcar operators' strike. dscosson ··· talk 23:06, 1 April 2008 (CDT)

Aha! All those people, at an opera, in Pensacola? I knew something wasn't right. --Admin 07:22, 2 April 2008 (CDT)

Progress Club?[edit]

Interesting... noticed via the Sanborn Maps that by 1907, the Opera House was apparently known as the "Progress Club." — admin • talk  17:18, 6 December 2009 (CST)

I think it's just that the "Progress Club" had space in the building. See [1], a 1905 Journal article which describes "the brilliant full evening dress ball given by the Progress Club in their elegant quarters in the Opera House building." — dscossontalk  17:26, 6 December 2009 (CST)