First Movies Shown in Sinaloa - Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
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N 23° 11.917 W 106° 25.373
13Q E 354384 N 2566219
The first movies seen in Mexico's state of Sinaloa were shown in this building in 1897.
Waymark Code: WMFTBZ
Location: Sinaloa, Mexico
Date Posted: 11/27/2012
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Located in Mazatlan's Center on the northern side of Plazuela Machado, this building has a sign in Spanish and English.
The English portion of the sign reads:
"Juarez
Building
Construction on the two-story Juarez Building was begun during
the second half of the 19th century. Spaniard Federico Imana, who
created other buildings around Plazuela Machado, is credited
with its design which includes space for both business and
recreational activities. Members of the Great Society (La Gran
Sociedad), the Union or German Club, the Benito Juarez Group and
the Lions' Club all met at one time or another on the second floor.
Over the years, the bottom floor housed business and medical
offices, a hardware store, a pharmacy and a publishing agency.
And in December of 1897, the first motion pictures ever shown in
Sinaloa state were projected in a room of the Juarez Building with
the help of the Lumiere Brothers projector."
Another plaque (celebrating the 100th anniversary of the event and engraved in stone) reveals that the date was December 22, 1897.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1897
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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