MOVIE MUSEUM

OWOSSO, MI

Lettering, names, and weathering all point to the 1970s How different the economy, cost of living, and daily preoccupations and aspirations then versus now. Seeing this time traveler from a business long gone hearkens back to world and local events from about 50 years ago. The street name is Railroad Street, but the last passenger service ended in the early 1970s and the final freight train was later in the 1980s. By the early 2000s the rail-trail conversion was well underway on the CIS (Clinton, Ionia, Shiawassee) east-west route for joggers, walkers, and bicyclists (skiers in winter). But the street name lives on to remind people of those earlier times. Press L for lightbox (large) view; click the image or press Z for full image display. Hover the mouse pointer over the image for pop-up remarks.
Lettering, names, and weathering all point to the 1970s Credit: anthroview

Movie Museum in Owosso, Michigan is the home of the world's largest collection of movie posters and lobby cards. Located in the heart of downtown Owosso, the museum was founded by former movie theater owner and lifelong movie fan, Tom Fisher. The museum houses over 10,000 movie posters and lobby cards and is open to the public year round.

Visitors to the museum can view an impressive selection of posters and lobby cards from classic films, as well as more modern releases. The collection dates back to the early 1900s and features posters and lobby cards from films from all genres, including action, drama, horror, comedy, and westerns. The museum also displays a variety of movie memorabilia, including props, costumes, and autographed photos.

The museum also includes a theater, which shows classic films on a regular basis. Visitors can also browse through the museum's gift shop, which sells classic movie-related merchandise, such as prints, posters, and t-shirts.

Movie Museum in Owosso is a must-visit destination for any film fan. It's a great way to learn about the history of cinema and appreciate classic films. Whether you're a movie buff, a film historian, or just curious, Movie Museum in Owosso is sure to be a memorable experience.

MOVIE MUSEUM is a Uncategorized or General Museum in OWOSSO MI. US MID #8402601097

The museum is classed as GMU (Uncategorized or General Museums). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Midwest (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin).

Lettering, names, and weathering all point to the 1970s How different the economy, cost of living, and daily preoccupations and aspirations then versus now. Seeing this time traveler from a business long gone hearkens back to world and local events from about 50 years ago. The street name is Railroad Street, but the last passenger service ended in the early 1970s and the final freight train was later in the 1980s. By the early 2000s the rail-trail conversion was well underway on the CIS (Clinton, Ionia, Shiawassee) east-west route for joggers, walkers, and bicyclists (skiers in winter). But the street name lives on to remind people of those earlier times. Press L for lightbox (large) view; click the image or press Z for full image display. Hover the mouse pointer over the image for pop-up remarks.
Picnic <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jowo/albums/72177720313747162/">73/366</a>
Omelette smiles picture-perfect on the diner plate Although a strip of bacon peeks out, in the main this is a vegetable-filled special omelette at this long-time downtown diner, once a favorite of farmers doing business in the town or people at the twice weekly stockyard sales (ending in the 1970s). Ownership has changed over the life of the building, but the current people have been at it for a generation, so it has a familiar atmosphere, well-loved and with a steady stream of loyal customers, too. Press L for lightbox (large) view; click the image or press Z for full image display. Hover the mouse pointer over the image for pop-up remarks.
HESR 745-04 - Durand With the assistance of the 702 Crew, the 745 crew shoves the 100 car rocket out of Durand Yard.
HESR 702-16 - Flushing HESR 3484 leads the 702 Southbound heading for Durand passing the former GTW Station in Flushing.
Striped candy-canes and striped barber pole Not only residential but also business lawns around the Christmas holidays are decorated. This photo shows the front of a barbershop downtown in St. Johns, Michigan. Press L for lightbox (large) view; click the image or press Z for full image display. Hover the mouse pointer over the image for pop-up remarks.
LIbraries to read, but also to write, watch, listen This photo shows the 3 computer users in a blurred effect by fixing the focus on the foreground pen and hand. Seeing that visitors to the library are not necessarily settling into the seats to use collections of published materials held by the library or retrieved via the state-wide Inter-library Loan network (melcat.org). Besides using library materials on site or to take home, visitors also make use of the quiet, well-lit space to think, write, look up online information, and so on. As such, libraries are not so much book barns as they are information hubs for electronic and printed sources, as well as the conversations and ideas sparked from engaging with things in this place. Press L for lightbox (large) view; click the image or press Z for full image display. Hover the mouse pointer over the image for pop-up remarks.
Words, ideas, publishing for many generations Before broadband reached the masses, town libraries Internet PC stations (public computers) and later wireless Internet for one's own device attracted job seekers, people filling government benefit applications, taking care of telecommunicating, medical and financial matters, or printing out (or occasionally faxing) pages. So it really does make sense to educate librarians in "Schools of Information Science" rather than "librarianship." As central pillars of a community, they offer a place that is safe, clean, well equipped, and endlessly interesting. This photo shows the enduring relevance of printed stories, manuals, summaries, and analyses. it would be interesting to transpose this total number of pages into the approximate number of trees (and cloth shreds if the highest quality paper is used) that corresponds to the sum total. For example, would it take a forest 1 mile on a side to make enough paper for this number of books in just this library? So long as people continue to read and write, indeed to gather in book circles to talk about authors and stories, then it seems likely that librarians will curate and administer collections for lending like the one here in mid-Michigan. Press L for lightbox (large) view; click the image or press Z for full image display. Hover the mouse pointer over the image for pop-up remarks.
I'd Rather Be a Crooked Tree I watched <a href="https://bluegrasstoday.com/molly-tuttle-video-from-austin-city-limits/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Molly Tuttle's Austin City Limits appearance</a> yesterday and her song <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX3dPxXk-W4" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Crooked Tree</a> has been running through my head ever since. I fully agree with the song's sentiments. "<a href="https://genius.com/Molly-tuttle-and-golden-highway-crooked-tree-lyrics" rel="noreferrer nofollow">A crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine</a>." Photo taken at Community of Christ Church in Saint Johns.
Pleasant conversation at the town diner on main street Although this is a video recording, the main subject is the audio track that ends after one woman gives a happy laugh. Young ears may pick out individual voices and words, but older ear hear the overall hubbub of the whole chorus filling the room. So this is an audio portrait of a morning routine for customers, many of whom are retirees no longer bound to the school day or workday. Press L for 'lightbox' to view the clip on a black background.
Colorful I caught this one last Saturday while we were helping Sarah and Josh move into their new home.
Laid to rest at Mt. Rest Cemetery, established 1857 Compared to many parts of the world, in the past 200 years there has been enough ground to bury wooden or metal boxes big enough to hold bodies of all dimension and mass. Once cement production became easy and cheap enough to do, then more and more cemetery administrators required the boxes to be encased in a cement shell (burial vault) so that weight of the soil and the freeze-thaw cycle of northern locations would no longer collapse the container and leave depressions in the grassy cover. One result of the U.S. Civil War was rail transport of bodies drained of blood and filled with preservative. One result of the cement vault rules or customs was to shield the bodies from normal decay by oxygen and microbes. Together these two trends for the majority of bodies results in long, long preservation. Criminal or other investigations involving opening graves to examine the remains may well present flesh and bone only slightly decomposed. According to some religious traditions or a person's own last wishes, there are still burials today and from previous generations that dismiss the embalming fluids; in some cases specifying "natural" burial (no cement vault, cloth shroud instead of coffin) in addition to non-embalming reduces the person's body to skeleton or even fragments, depending on the effects of soil microbes, moisture, and weather conditions. Since Mt. Rest dug their first grave in 1857, all of the historical changes should be reflected within its boundaries: headstone styles from big upright to small and ground-level (easy lawn mowing), pre-burial vault soil subsidence to current practices, pre-embalming to standard/customary embalming, and in the past generation a notable increase in proportion of people cremated with ashes scattered in water or on land or air (or ensconced in a columbarium). Enthusiasts and professionals who know headstone artistry and verbal patterns can also study the many burials on view. Surnames often point to ethnicity, dates of birth indicate the historical setting (likely technologies of medicine, communication, governance, events enmeshed), and first-names hearken to current ones still in circulation (or ones rarely encountered at present). All together, there is much to observe in cemetery arrangement and the cumulative exhibition of scores and scores of lived reaching their final resting place. Each instance of burial (or cremation) had different circumstances, but in the end they all rest side by side, no matter how they may have interrelated in the days they walked the Earth. Press L for lightbox (large) view; click the image or press Z for full image display. Hover the mouse pointer over the image for pop-up remarks.

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MOVIE MUSEUM INC
318 E OLIVER ST
OWOSSO
MI
48867-2351

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MID # 8402601097
Name MOVIE MUSEUM INC
Alternate Name MOVIE MUSEUM
Classification Uncategorized or General Museums, , Midwest
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) 953427399
NTEECC
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM) 201212
INCOME 0
REVENUE 0
LAT/LONG 42.996342, -84.174835
CODES FIPS State Code: 26
FIPS County Code: 155
US Census Tract: 030600
US Census Block: 2000