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Crosby's Opera House

Crosby's Opera House

  • ... that over 210,000 tickets were distributed for the lottery held in 1867 to determine the ownership of Crosby's Opera House (pictured)?

Created by Teemu08 (talk). Self nominated at 19:38, 31 July 2014 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg Article is new enough (created July 31), long enough, uses in-line citations and appears to be neutrally written. The article and hook are cited to two off-line publications. I was initially suspicious this might be a hoax, given the lack of on-line sources and the ownership of the building by a guy named "Uranus H. Crosby." That said, a search of on-line sources confirms that Crosby's Opera House was, in fact, a real, historical structure as was Uranus Crosby. I was only able to partially confirm the hook fact since the cited sources are off-line, but some sources do confirm that there was a lottery, e.g., this and this (confirming sale of 210,000 tickets). I assume good faith on the part of Teemu08 for the remainder of the hook fact. Image has proper public domain license. QPQ completed. Cbl62 (talk) 14:55, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
  • "Crosby's Opera House was, in fact, a real, historical structure as was Uranus Crosby." You want us to believe that Uranus Crosby was a real, historical structure? Anyway, try
ALT1 * ... that over 210,000 tickets were sold in the 1867 lottery in which Chicago's Crosby's Opera House (pictured) was one of the prizes?
EEng (talk) 15:50, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
Symbol voting keep.svg Good catch ... not sure about Uranus's size, so maybe it wouldn't be fair to classify him as a structure, but a real, historical figure in any event. The alt1 hook also looks fine, based on assumption of good faith as to Teemu08's off-line sources. Cbl62 (talk) 16:12, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
Well, maybe he was a pillar of the community, or a tower of strength to his family. EEng (talk) 16:27, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
Well played, sir! Cbl62 (talk) 19:16, 1 August 2014 (UTC)