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
The man who gave the first reliable explanation of the failure of the "asbestos" curtain to operate properly was John C. Massoney, a carpenter, who was working as a scene shifter.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
In addition to the main rules about lowering the asbestos curtain once during the performance, doors opening outward, stairways and passages to be kept free, there are some other precautions which must be observed.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
