asbestos curtain

Example Sentences

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The big asbestos curtain hushed all that and the Metropolitan's regular season was ended.

From Time Magazine Archive

The witness testified that when he reached the stage after attending to his engines, the "asbestos" curtain was caught part way down.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various

Flat against the stage side of the arch run the "house curtain" and the asbestos curtain that are raised at the beginning and lowered at the end of the performance.

From Writing for Vaudeville by Page, Brett

Everything but the structural members was of wood; the roller on the asbestos curtain, the pulleys, all of a cheap compromise.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various

Eddie Foy shouted something about the asbestos curtain, and the firemen attempted to use it and the stage hands ran to his assistance.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various