Multiple cities claim to be the home of the first movie theater, but this one had the earliest opening date--July 26, 1896--so it's probably the most accurate. Where was it and what else was happening around the globe on such an important day?
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SOURCES
“Advertisement: Keppler Jewelry Co. (Pg. 4).” The Anaconda Standard (Anaconda, Montana), July 26, 1896. www.newspapers.com.
“America's First Movie Theater.” Louisiana Official Travel and Tourism Information. Accessed November 29, 2022. https://www.louisianatravel.com/film-louisiana/americas-first-movie-theater#:~:text=On%20July%2026%2C%201896%20America's,Wainwright%20opened%20Vitascope%20Hall.
“The Baby Dead In Her Carriage.” The New York Times (New York, New York), July 26, 1896. www.newspapers.com.
“Beveridge Goes Free.” The Marshall Statesman (Marshall, Michigan), March 12, 1897. www.newspapers.com.
Bohnak, Karl. “August 25, 1896: The Day Ontonagon Burned.” https://www.uppermichiganssource.com. Accessed December 15, 2022. https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2020/08/25/august-25-1896-the-day-ontonagon-burned/.
“Extraordinary Case.” Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan), July 26, 1896. www.newspapers.com.
“Frank Samuelsen and George Harbo.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, November 28, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Samuelsen_and_George_Harbo.
Longtine, Sonny. “Murder in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.” Google Books. Google. Accessed December 15, 2022. https://books.google.com/books?id=wWt9EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT36&lpg=PT36&dq=JAmes%2BRedpath%2BMollie%2BBeveridge&source=bl&ots=FyUCm5JaKd&sig=ACfU3U0fXNCA3KXWg09TOHmhYz0iaB4fSg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNspat7_z7AhXDMEQIHV8DBg4Q6AF6BAgaEAM#v=onepage&q=JAmes%20Redpath%20Mollie%20Beveridge&f=false.
Moag, Jeff. “Harbo and Samuelson Rowed across the Atlantic and Right into Obscurity.” Adventure Journal, February 28, 2020. https://www.adventure-journal.com/2019/04/harbo-and-samuelson-rowed-across-the-atlantic-and-right-into-obscurity/.
Pontchartrain, Blake. “Blakeview: New Orleans' Vitascope Hall Was the World's First Indoor Movie Theater.” NOLA.com, July 25, 2021. https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/blake_pontchartrain/blakeview-new-orleans-vitascope-hall-was-the-worlds-first-indoor-movie-theater/article_a6f9c41c-e8bc-11eb-b2d4-c7092eacba54.html#:~:text=Their%20theater%2C%20Vitascope%20Hall%2C%20opened,reverted%20to%20pop%2Dup%20exhibitions.
“Rowboat Adventurers Far At Sea.” The New York Times (New York, New York), July 26, 1896. www.newspapers.com.
“Rowing Across the Atlantic.” The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), August 4, 1896. www.newspapers.com.
“To Havre In A Rowboat.” Pittsburgh-Post Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), June 8, 1896. www.newspapers.com.
“A Triple Murder.” The Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), November 13, 1896. www.newspapers.com.
“Vitascope.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, November 29, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitascope.
“The Wonderful Vitascope Exhibitions...” The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana), July 26, 1896. www.newspapers.com.
SOUND SOURCES
Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.
