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Downtown 1958

Downtown 1958

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Special Party

October 23, 1964, Appleton Post-Crescent

Contests, prizes, and fun.  Movie theatres sure don't do this much anymore, do they?  But back in the heyday of entertaining the kids at the movies, this type of thing happened all the time.  Movie theaters were, in many cases, de facto babysitters, allowing busy Moms and Dads to have a few hours available to themselves to do other things.  And the Brin, our local movie palace, was just the ticket. I wonder how many actually showed up in costume to get that free ticket....

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