Glass Negatives - Diagrams., 1861 - 1904

File — Box: 3, Folder: 27-28

Identifier: 34263

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

1861 - 1904

Conditions Governing Access

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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

1 glass negative of a series of drawings of motion picture viewing devices originally made from 1897 to 1904. Among inventor whose devices are shown are W. K. L. Dickson, F. S. Chance, W. B. Davis, Herman Casler and C. Francis Jenkins. The photo from this negative is in Folder 9 of Box 2 of the collection.

1 glass negative of a series of printed diagrams of motion picture viewing devices created from 1861 to 1897. Among the inventors whose diagrams are included are Coleman Sellers, Van Hoevenbergh and Herman Casler. The photo from this negative is in Folder 9 of Box 2 of the collection.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

DICKSON, W. K. L. - DIAGRAM - GLASS NEGATIVE: Graphic Image

CHANCE, F. S. - DIAGRAM - GLASS NEGATIVE: Graphic Image

DAVIS, W. B. - DIAGRAM - GLASS NEGATIVE: Graphic Image

CASLER, HERMAN - DIAGRAM - GLASS NEGATIVE: Graphic Image

JENKINS, C. FRANCIS - DIAGRAM - GLASS NEGATIVE: Graphic Image

SELLERS, COLEMAN - DIAGRAM - GLASS NEGATIVE: Graphic Image

HOEVENBERGH, VAN - DIAGRAM - GLASS NEGATIVE: Graphic Image

VAN HOEVENBERGH, - DIAGRAM - GLASS NEGATIVE: Graphic Image