While the opera house staged drama and musical productions, it also hosted local talent on its stage.
Articles Tagged: Time Machine
History Dec. 16, 2025 7:40 am14d ago
First Presbyterian Church presented Christmas musical drama in 1959
History Dec. 9, 2025 7:26 am21d ago
Cedar Rapids Savings was the first Cedar Rapids bank to own its own building.
History Dec. 2, 2025 7:57 am28d ago
While the winter months that year were warmer than normal, the year was bookended by significant winter weather events.
History Nov. 11, 2025 7:48 am49d ago
Regional carrier served Cedar Rapids from 1957 to 1986
History Nov. 4, 2025 7:29 am56d ago
The state of Iowa didn’t officially recognize Veterans Day until 1955.
History Oct. 28, 2025 7:31 am63d ago
Cedar Rapids pagoda followed by senior center, meals program
History Oct. 14, 2025 7:32 am77d ago
October 1971 was the beginning of a 15-year tradition of the Cedar Rapids Jaycee Haunted Houses.
Retail Oct. 7, 2025 5:00 am84d ago
Killian Co. first established its presence in Cedar Rapids when it bought the John H. Taft & Co. dry goods store on First Avenue East in 1911.
By Diane Fannon-Langton and Tricia Langton-Andersen, - Gazette correspondent
History Oct. 1, 2025 2:38 pm90d ago
Last year’s race, Oct. 6, 2024, drew a record 16,677 participants.
History Sep. 16, 2025 7:42 am105d ago
The story of the robbery was revived in 1953 after a fire swept through the South Amana store, doing $25,000 in damage.
History Sep. 9, 2025 7:53 am112d ago
A sidewalk was planned for protection of pedestrians on the bridge, especially students at the new Jefferson High School, which opened in the late 1950s.
History Sep. 2, 2025 7:54 am119d ago
Ken Sullivan was assistant city editor at the Gazette in 1970 and was assigned to accompany the Coe College Concert Band and Choir on a concert-study tour of six European countries.
History Aug. 19, 2025 7:51 am133d ago
Two hotels were built across from each other on Fourth Street SE in Cedar Rapids in the early 1900s and met a similar fate decades later.
History Aug. 12, 2025 7:29 am140d ago
They’ve undergone changes from 1904 to today.

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