Where was the first nickelodeon?

July 14, 2020 by Pamela Landy

The forerunner to the modern movie theater, the nickelodeon, first opened in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, in 1905.

The nickelodeon showed motion pictures with musical accompaniment.

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