In the early 1900's the main floor operated as a grocery store and the upper level was the opera house.
Imagine going to the opera on a Saturday night in 1908...in northwestern North Dakota.
The Ray Opera House is now a museum.
Photographed in Ray, North Dakota on June 21, 2023.
"Opera" or "Opry"?
ReplyDeleteMost likely the second.
DeleteThe height of snobbishness no doubt.
ReplyDeleteI would imagine there were more square dances than operas held here.
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