Photos - C. F. Jenkins Documents; L. D. Bliss Letter., 1895 - 1896

File — Box: 2, Folder: 2

Identifier: 34202

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

67 glass negatives and copies of photos produced from them, being records of correspondence, legal documents, machines and Armat's house. Possibly originally photographed as evidence for a legal case.

Dates

1895 - 1896

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Extent

From the Collection: 1.0 Cubic Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

3 pages of agreements between Thomas Armat and C. Francis Jenkins in which Jenkins hands over full rights to the motion picture projector to Armat, the result of their lawsuit in 1896. Also contains 1 photo of a TLS (23 May 1895) from L. D. Bliss of the Bliss School of Electricity to Thomas Armat regarding an electrical device invented by Armat. Armat was enrolled at the Bliss School of Electricity when he was intorduced to C. Francis Jenkins by Bliss himself.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BLISS, L. D. - CORRESP. - PHOTO: Typed Letter Signed

JENKINS, C. FRANCIS - DOCUMENT - PHOTOS: Typed Letter Signed

BLISS SCHOOL OF ELECTRICITY - CORRESP. - PHOTO: Typed Letter Signed