Ramblings & ephemera

The first movie theater

From Adam Goodheart’s “10 Days That Changed History” (The New York Times: 2 July 2006):
APRIL 16, 1902: The Movies
Motion pictures seemed destined to become a passing fad. Only a few years after Edison’s first crude newsreels were screened — mostly in penny arcades, alongside carnival games and other cheap attractions, the novelty had worn off, [...]