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[[Image:OperaHouseFountain.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The opera house as seen from [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]]]
[[Image:OldOperaHouseSite2.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Historical sign marks the site of the old opera house]]
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==Guest Performers==
Some of the performers who graced the Opera House during its existence include:
*[[Wikipedia:Sarah Bernhardt|Sarah Bernhardt]]
==Bank==
{| align="right" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|[[Image:OperaHouseBank.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Bank entrance at the northwest corner of the Opera House]]|[[Image:OperaHouseANB.jpg|thumb|right|160px173px|American National Bank in the Opera House]]|}In addition to the theater itself, the Opera House also housed the Sullivan brothers' [[First National Bank]], accessible through an entrance at the building's northwest corner. When that bank changed locations, the space was occupied by the [[American National Bank]].
==Pensacola Advertising Company==
In [[1902]] then-owner [[John M. Coe]] created the "Pensacola Advertising Company," a small poster business to promote the opera house. He took a business partner, [[Charles W. Lamar, Sr.]], in [[1905]]. When the two men dissolved their business relationship in [[1908]], the poster company went to Lamar and was renamed [[Lamar Advertising]]. According to Lamar company lore, "a coin toss was used to divide their assets," and Lamar "lost."<ref>[http://www.lamar.com/main/about/History.cfm Lamar Company History]</ref> Of course, the opera house was destroyed eight years later, while Lamar Advertising went on to become a billion-dollar multinational.
==Other images==
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Image:OperaHouseFountain.jpg|The opera house as seen from [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]
Image:OperaHouse2.jpg|Circa late 1800s
Image:OldOperaHouseSite2.jpg|Historical sign marks the site of the old opera house
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