asbestos curtain

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

From Time Magazine Archive

This is formed of an iron frame holding the asbestos curtain.

From Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Jones, Robert H.

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

He flitted off, and the stage-director leaned back against the asbestos curtain.

From Jill the Reckless by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

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