May 8 2012
8:35 pm
Marion Post Wolcott, African-American patron going in colored entrance of the Crescent Theatre in Belzoni, Mississippi, on a Saturday afternoon, October 1939. Source: Library of Congress

Marion Post Wolcott, African-American patron going in colored entrance of the Crescent Theatre in Belzoni, Mississippi, on a Saturday afternoon, October 1939.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 1 year ago
#1930s #marion post wolcott #vintage #history #segregation #racism #USA #movie theater #dr. pepper #african-american #african-american history #mississippi #civil rights movement #jim crow #jim crow laws
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Apr 20 2012
9:53 am
Staff of the Star Theatre cinema standing by equipment in the projection room, Torrensville, South Australia, 1916. Source: State Library of South Australia

Staff of the Star Theatre cinema standing by equipment in the projection room, Torrensville, South Australia, 1916.

Source: State Library of South Australia

Posted 1 year ago
#1910s #vintage #south australia #australia #movie theater #movies #projection room
11 notes

Mar 26 2012
6:23 pm
Allan Grant, Children waiting in line at the movie theater, Brentwood, California, 1948.

Allan Grant, Children waiting in line at the movie theater, Brentwood, California, 1948.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #brentwood #los angeles #LA #california #southern california #USA #allan grant #movie theater #children #vintage
31 notes

Mar 23 2012
3:05 pm
A banner outside the Fox Theater advertising the newsreel “March of Time” and the film “Uncle Sam the Non-Belligerent.” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1939.

A banner outside the Fox Theater advertising the newsreel “March of Time” and the film “Uncle Sam the Non-Belligerent.” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1939.

Posted 1 year ago
#1930s #philadelphia #pennsylvania #USA #philly #banner #movie theater #march of time #vintage
5 notes

Mar 14 2012
5:26 pm
Hart Preston, Uruguay, 1941.

Hart Preston, Uruguay, 1941.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #hart preston #latin america #south america #uruguay #vintage #charlie chaplin #the great dictator #movie theater
72 notes

Feb 24 2012
4:43 am
A theater marquee advertising the movie “The Outlaw.” Photograph by Wallace Kirkland. New York City, 1946.

A theater marquee advertising the movie “The Outlaw.” Photograph by Wallace Kirkland. New York City, 1946.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #new york #NYC #USA #wallace kirkland #the outlaw #movie theater #vintage
13 notes

Feb 24 2012
1:53 am
Photograph by Andreas Feininger. New York City, 1954.

Photograph by Andreas Feininger. New York City, 1954.

Posted 1 year ago
#1950s #new york #new york city #NYC #USA #movie theater #vintage #andreas feininger
103 notes

Feb 23 2012
10:07 pm
Photograph by Michael Rougier. New York City, December 1947.

Photograph by Michael Rougier. New York City, December 1947.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #new york #new york city #NYC #USA #winter #vintage #sow #michael rougier #movie theater
13 notes

Feb 22 2012
4:00 pm
Nina Leen, Teenagers buying tickets at a movie theater, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, April 1957.

Nina Leen, Teenagers buying tickets at a movie theater, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, April 1957.

Posted 1 year ago
#1950s #st. louis #missouri #USA #teenagers #movie theater #ticket booth #vintage
24 notes

Feb 21 2012
1:16 pm
Nina Leen, Teenagers spending the evening at the movies, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, April 1957.

Nina Leen, Teenagers spending the evening at the movies, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, April 1957.

Posted 1 year ago
#1950s #st. louis #missouri #USA #teenagers #date #date night #movie theater #popcorn #vintage
440 notes

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