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A black and white photo of a gas station, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a gas station, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a gas station, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a gas station, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a gas station, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a gas station, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a gas station, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a gas station, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a gas station, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a gas station, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

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Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Movie posters and movie theaters.

The popularity of “moving pictures” grew in the 1920s. Movie "palaces" sprang up in all major cities. For a quarter or 25 cents, Americans escaped their problems and lose themselves in another era or world. People of all ages attended the movies with far more regularity than today, often going more than once per week. By the end of the decade, weekly movie attendance swelled to 90 million people. The silent movies gave rise to the first generation of movie stars. At the end of the decade, the dominance of silent movies began to wane with the advance of sound technology.

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north carolina durham nitrate negatives photo movie house movie house street farm security administration great depression movie theaters united states history farm security administration photographs 1940 s library of congress
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Date

01/01/1940
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Contributors

Delano, Jack, photographer
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in collections

What's in Movie Theaters Tonight?

Movie posters and theaters.

Go to Cinema!

Movie Entrances and Movie Posters of the Pre-War decades.
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Location

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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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