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 fireman and electrician then ordered down the asbestos curtain, and the fireman threw the contents of another tube of kilfire upon the flame, with no better result.

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

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

I asked my father if he hung the asbestos curtain at the Iroquois theater and he said he did.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various