Category: History
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Movie House Madness Weekend Open Comments
What you did not know about movie theatres and probably don’t care to know. A little known fact about movie theaters is their summer time popularity sky rocketed after Willis Carrier, in 1925, installed his air conditioner at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. 1925: The Rivoli Theater in New York City’s Time Square…
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Nothing Says Texas Like Texas Weekend Open Comments
This building housed the first H-E-B (originally named the C.C. Butt Grocery Store) in Kerrville. Florence Butt opened the store in 1905 on the lower floor. Her family lived on the upper floor. H-E-B founder, Florence Butt, behind the counter of her first store in Kerrville in the early 1900s. The original name of store…
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Brig General Jimmy Stewart Weekend Open Comments
No this is not a movie still of Jimmy Stewart in the movie Strategic Air Command. In fact one James Stewart had a distinguished career in the Army Air Corp. As an actor he was nominated 100 times and awarded 50 times for his movie acting career including 1 Oscar for his role in The…