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The result was: promoted by Beta Beta Beta (talk) 06:52, 22 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

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1900 advertisement

... that the Cook Opera House (advertisement pictured) transitioned from opera to vaudeville to cinema before ending as a venue for strippers and dirty comics?

Source: Marcotte, Bob (November 30, 2003). "Vaudeville Starred at Cook Theater". Democrat and Chronicle. p. 30.

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Syed Abid Husain and Template:Did you know nominations/Roman Gardens

Created by 4meter4 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 167 past nominations.

4meter4 (talk) 15:42, 9 June 2026 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 19:53, 9 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

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