When big screen movies provided entertainment

            Take away portable Internet devices for private viewing. Take away cable channels for too many choices. Take away large TV broadcast viewing. What is left is 1960 and earlier times of weekly matinee and evening screening of movies. Imaginations were feed, dreams were born, and relief from daily routines all resulted from buying a ticket for admission to see what was showing. Judging from the WWII architectural design of this Quonset Hut and the 1950s or 60s fancy front end, this movie theater in Augusta, Michigan not far from the Veterans' Hospital attracted steady business. On this early Friday afternoon, it is hard to tell at first glance if business operations continue in this time of digital projection in place of 35mm canisters of film.

The nature of one showing for all meant that everyone had to show up at the pre-determined time; no "time shifting" by making a home recording on video tape to watch, pause, or divide the viewing into segments of one's own choosing. As such, the communitarian dimension became a working model for many functions in social life: do things together, in coordination, and with consideration for the whole group; not just one's own interests or predilections.

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Taken in: United States / Michigan / Ross Township / Augusta (show map)

Taken on: March 15, 2025

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