A scene from "Shore Acres" which played at the Grand Opera House in December 1904. Includes James T. Galloway and Atkins Lawrence.

The Grand Opera House at 217 Cherry Street after the fire in November of 1906

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Shortly after Hiram Gill was elected mayor of Seattle, some people wanted to remove him from office for not enforcing the city's anti-vice laws. When the mayor wanted to answer his accusers, his supporters set up a noontime meeting at the Grand Opera House. So many people crowded into the opera house that a second meeting was set up at the Seattle Theatre, across Cherry Street. Even so, some 8,000 people didn't get into either theater .
This photo shows the crowds rushing from the Grand Opera House to the Seattle Theatre to hear Mayor Gill.

The Grand Opera House, 217 Cherry St. between 2nd Ave. and 3rd Ave, built by John Cort and completed in 1900.

John Cort, in 1908, manager of the Standard Theatre and Grand Opera in Seattle in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century

Chorus performers from "The Sho-gun" which opened Dec. 24, 1905, at the Grand Opera House, Seattle.

A scene from "The Sho-gun" which opened at the Grand Opera House, Seattle, Dec. 24, 1905. Includes Thomas C. Leary and Isabelle D. Arnold.