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In 1903, after opening and expanding a fur business, Zukor made his foray in the movie business by launching a chain of penny arcades that showed films.
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R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The carnival had a Ferris wheel, and a penny arcade, and sold candy apples and cotton candy.
—Fannie Flagg, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
The new policewoman’s main duties included supervising and enforcing laws relating to dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades, movie theaters and other places of public recreation.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
In 1902 or 1903, Mensing transformed the second floor of his penny arcade into a movie theater.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2025
Other penny arcades and mutoscope parlors followed Mensing’s model, often making improvements.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2025
Soon the brothers were running two theaters, the Cascade and the Bijou, which sat on opposite sides of a penny arcade, just a short trolley ride from the Warner home.
—Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023
Bay Area residents woke up on May 23, 2020, to see a Pier 45 warehouse fire on social media feeds, that came 30 feet from incinerating a collection that includes Playland-at-the-Beach legend Laffing Sal and mechanical penny arcade games from the early 20th Century.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2021
The Pads couldn’t buy a hit with runners in scoring position at a penny arcade.
—Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
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R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The carnival had a Ferris wheel, and a penny arcade, and sold candy apples and cotton candy.
—Fannie Flagg, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
The new policewoman’s main duties included supervising and enforcing laws relating to dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades, movie theaters and other places of public recreation.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
In 1902 or 1903, Mensing transformed the second floor of his penny arcade into a movie theater.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2025
Other penny arcades and mutoscope parlors followed Mensing’s model, often making improvements.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2025
Soon the brothers were running two theaters, the Cascade and the Bijou, which sat on opposite sides of a penny arcade, just a short trolley ride from the Warner home.
—Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023
Bay Area residents woke up on May 23, 2020, to see a Pier 45 warehouse fire on social media feeds, that came 30 feet from incinerating a collection that includes Playland-at-the-Beach legend Laffing Sal and mechanical penny arcade games from the early 20th Century.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2021
The Pads couldn’t buy a hit with runners in scoring position at a penny arcade.
—Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
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“Penny arcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penny%20arcade. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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