Nickels Count: Storefront Theaters, 1905 1907
The rapid proliferation of specialized storefront moving-picture theaterscommonly known as "nickelodeons" (a reference to the customary admission charge o...
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Production as the Nickelodeon Era Begins: 1905-1907
The proliferation of nickelodeon theaters created a huge demand for films and film equipment. Projector sales boomed for the chief hardware manufact...
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The Nickelodeon
The Nickel Madness; the Amazing Spread of a New Kind of Amusement
Enterprise Which Is Making Fortunes for Its Projectors.
-Headlines in Harper's Weekly, 24 August 1907
It was a time ...
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Nickels Count: Storefront Theaters, 1905 1907