Haden Opera House ruins after the Feb. 23, 1901 fire.

The site of Columbia's first moving picture exhibit, the Haden Opera House, burned in 1901. Source: State Historic Society of Missouri's Glass Plate Negative Collection.

The site of Columbia’s first moving picture exhibit, the Haden Opera House, burned in 1901. Source: State Historic Society of Missouri’s Glass Plate Negative Collection.

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