. Electric railway journal . the standpoint of natural beauty andsurroundings the park at Dubuque far surpasses that atChicago. The attractions pi the playground at Union Park demon-strated last year that the capacity was entirely insufficientto accommodate the flocks of children and their parentsor custodians who rode out to the park for the sole purposeof visiting the playground. The company is thereforeerecting this year four additional buildings, also of rustic The building will be 163 ft. 6 in. deep and 132 ft. will have a large and well-equipped stage which will ac-commodate musi


. Electric railway journal . the standpoint of natural beauty andsurroundings the park at Dubuque far surpasses that atChicago. The attractions pi the playground at Union Park demon-strated last year that the capacity was entirely insufficientto accommodate the flocks of children and their parentsor custodians who rode out to the park for the sole purposeof visiting the playground. The company is thereforeerecting this year four additional buildings, also of rustic The building will be 163 ft. 6 in. deep and 132 ft. will have a large and well-equipped stage which will ac-commodate musical organizations, light opera companies orany other form of entertainment that the management mayelect to put on. The main floor will be of concrete with adrop of 5 ft. from the point of entrance to the stage. Therewill be 2604 opera chairs, and except for the two lines ofposts near the wall on the east and west sides, they willafford an unobstructed view of the stage. The south end will be entirely open, but may be closed. Union Park, Dubuque, la.—Side Elevation of New Theater


Size: 3113px × 803px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyorkmcgrawhillp