apr 1, 1894 - Kinetoscope parlor set up in New York by the Holland Brothers

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In April of 1894, the Holland Brothers set up the very first Kinetoscope Parlor on Broadway in New York City. There were a total of five Kinetoscopes set up with a different film in each one and customers paid five cents per film or twenty-five cents total to view them all. The films shown ranged from sparring boxers, body builders, animals to clothed women dancing. Each film lasted between thirty and sixty seconds.

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