| Sedalia, MO: Wood's Opera House |
Country: United States of America State: Missouri City: Sedalia Location: Second Street / South Lamine Avenue Opened 1897. Demolished in favour of an apartment block ("Terry Apartments"). Link: Wikidata |
Picture: stained glass window from the theatre entranceFront Text: "Sedalia, Missouri", "Scott Joplin, Black Heritage USA 20c" Reverse Text: "'The Birthplace of Ragtime'. Sedalia, Missouri. Scott Joplin - The King of Ragtime - moved from Texas to Sedalia in 1893. He studied music and composition at the George R. Smith College. Here he lived and worked, composing 'The Ragtime Dance' and 'The Maple Leaf Rag'. Stained glass window is from the Maple Leaf Club where he performed, and a U.S. postage stamp was issued in his honor in 1983." Publisher: Dunlap Post Card Co., Omaha NE; D-9004 Size: Modern Not sent. |
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