I am so excited about this photo that I recently purchased in a bulk
deal. This is the only photo out of a whole group of photos that
made my day. I recently spotted this photo on ebay within a group
of other photos What caught my eye with this photo was my long
time hope to get a photo of the old Corozal Movie Theater. Well,
this could get better, but I am very pleased with this photo. I
posted an aerial for photo of the week back on March
27, 2005 that showed the old theater, but at a distance. The
photo of the week this week is a snap shot of two soldiers behind the
last barrack on the Corozal barracks row. I don't have and exact
date the photo was taken. Behind them is the Corozal Movie
Theater. This was a common site for me as a kid growing up in Los
Rios. My folk's house was just down the hill from the old disserted
theater and was a familiar site. We, as kids, would sneak under
the fence and explore the old building. It was full of surprises
and neat stuff. By the looks of it in this photo and from what I
remember seeing on my explore missions, this was a very grand old movie
theater. I can't believe the built a theater of this magnitude for
a small bas such as Corozal. But, the military base of Corozal was
much larger than what I knew as a kid growing up in Los Rios. The
original base of Corozal encompassed the CZ Government town of Los Rios
and the later Corozal housing area. So, maybe it was worth
building a grand movie theater for the residents of early Corozal.
You all may think I am
nuts over this stuff, but this was special. I only wish I had
taken photos of the theater before they tore it down to make a motor
pool area.
Below is a zoom in on
the same photo, but only the theater.
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