The Boyertown Area Historical Society (Boyertown, PA) exhibit about the Rhoads Opera House Fire includes many photographs and postcards. The photos visually tell the story of the fire in a way that words cannot.

Growing up, this is the photo I remember seeing the most-the one of the inside of the opera house after the fire and the bodies piled up on the floor.

Photos I don't remember seeing before were the photos of the aftermath. There were photos of crowds gathered outside the building. I imagine there were people coming to identify bodies and probably many spectators who just had to come see for themselves what had happened.

And, of course there were many funerals. At the memorial service Sunday Pastor Pearson said many services were held in the homes of the families (because that was the custom then). This one was at a church.