Tombstone Arizona Cochise County Bird Cage Theatre Real Photo Postcard

The Bird Cage Theatre, opening in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, on December 26, 1881, was a prominent entertainment venue during the town's silver mining boom. Functioning as a theatre, saloon, gambling hall, and brothel, it quickly became renowned for its Grand Variety Show and the bird cage boxes in its balcony where prostitutes entertained. The establishment was a central, albeit notorious, fixture of Tombstone's social scene, known for its continuous card games and a high number of reported killings.