The Great Train Robbery is often credited with setting off the explosion of movie houses around 1905.The cost was five cents to see a movie at a

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The cost of five cents to see a movie and the time period of 1905 are indicators of the use of nickelodeons, which were the first movie theaters and typically charged a nickel for admission. Kinetoscope parlors were early movie viewing devices that required individual use and were not available for group screenings. Daguerreotype salons were primarily used for photography, not movies. "Picture house" was not a commonly used term during this time period.

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