Photos - E. F. Murphy Testimony; C. F. Jenkins Letter., 01/01/1895-07/07/1908

File — Box: 2, Folder: 3

Identifier: 34203

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

01/01/1895-07/07/1908

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Extent

From the Collection: 1.0 Cubic Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

8/12/7R

Container Summary

13 photos of 3 documents used in the case Armat Motion Picture Company v. Edison Manufacturing Company in 1908. The first document is 10 pages of 22 pages of testimony given by E. F. Murphy for the case. The second is 1 page of a letter from C. Francis Jenkins to Murphy regarding patents for the Tinyscope and the Phantoscope, both early motion picture devices worked on by Jenkins and Armat together. Both of these documents shed interesting light on the chronology of events in 1895 and the motives of Jenkins at that time with respect to patents. The third document is the typeset testimony of Thomas Armat, probably for the same case; only two pages have been photographed.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

MURPHY, EDWIN F. - TESTIMONY - PHOTOS: Transcript

JENKINS, C. FRANCIS - CORRESP. - PHOTO: Typed Letter Signed

ARMAT MOT. PICT. CO. V. EDISON MFG. CO. - DOC. - PHOTOS: Printed Item

TINYSCOPE - REFERENCE - PHOTO: Printed Item

PHANTOSCOPE - REFERENCE - PHOTO: Transcript

ARMAT, THOMAS - LEGAL BRIEFS - PHOTOS: Transcript

ARMAT, THOMAS - TESTIMONY - PHOTO: Transcript