1881 The Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Memphis (Gulf) Railroad came to Springfield 1896 Perkins Grand Opera House burns. 1905 Diemer Theater, built by Dr. F.W. Diemer, opened on Commercial Street.

But as Denis Shiryaev demonstrates by upscaling some old black and white film footage from 1896, those AI-powered ... or what’s going on. It looks like a movie, and over the years that medium ...