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- Text: WWII was when she would go to the movie theater and see the movie shorts since the U.S. was predominantly isolationist. (02:06) o With WWI, still fresh in many Americans’ minds the thought of going to war the prevalent attitude of resisting going to war
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- Text: . Dorothy Folkema: No. James Smither: Right where the theaters were. Dorothy Folkema: Occasionally, now once a month, there was a church in Godwin Heights that 30:00 had a dinner, and the girls I worked with would give me a dime for gas, they’d pitch
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- Text: would be a problem. JS: Well did the El run up to Evanston at that point? EL: Oh, the El went everywhere. I could tell you another story. There was no theater anywhere along the north shore, except in an area which was called no man’s land. Which