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Box 1

 Container

Contains 11 Results:

Correspondence - Dickson, John., 1948-10-18

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 34190
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Armat Papers consist of a few letters to Thomas Armat and members of his family and 67 glass plate negatives with photos of documents and early motion picture devices. The correspondence includes 1 letter from Thomas Edison to Armat crediting Armat with the invention of the motion picture projector and 1 letter from Orville Wright to Armat regarding the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the photos are of legal documents for a case, Armat Motion Picture Company v. Edison...
Dates: 1948-10-18

Correspondence - Edison, Thomas Alva., 1922

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 34191
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Armat Papers consist of a few letters to Thomas Armat and members of his family and 67 glass plate negatives with photos of documents and early motion picture devices. The correspondence includes 1 letter from Thomas Edison to Armat crediting Armat with the invention of the motion picture projector and 1 letter from Orville Wright to Armat regarding the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the photos are of legal documents for a case, Armat Motion Picture Company v. Edison...
Dates: 1922

Correspondence - Eustis, John S., 1978

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 34192
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Armat Papers consist of a few letters to Thomas Armat and members of his family and 67 glass plate negatives with photos of documents and early motion picture devices. The correspondence includes 1 letter from Thomas Edison to Armat crediting Armat with the invention of the motion picture projector and 1 letter from Orville Wright to Armat regarding the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the photos are of legal documents for a case, Armat Motion Picture Company v. Edison...
Dates: 1978

Correspondence - Hyndman, D. E., 1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: 34193
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Armat Papers consist of a few letters to Thomas Armat and members of his family and 67 glass plate negatives with photos of documents and early motion picture devices. The correspondence includes 1 letter from Thomas Edison to Armat crediting Armat with the invention of the motion picture projector and 1 letter from Orville Wright to Armat regarding the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the photos are of legal documents for a case, Armat Motion Picture Company v. Edison...
Dates: 1946

Correspondence - Wright, Orville., 1928-03-13

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: 34194
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Armat Papers consist of a few letters to Thomas Armat and members of his family and 67 glass plate negatives with photos of documents and early motion picture devices. The correspondence includes 1 letter from Thomas Edison to Armat crediting Armat with the invention of the motion picture projector and 1 letter from Orville Wright to Armat regarding the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the photos are of legal documents for a case, Armat Motion Picture Company v. Edison...
Dates: 1928-03-13

Plate - Edison Vitascope., 1896

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: 34195
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Armat Papers consist of a few letters to Thomas Armat and members of his family and 67 glass plate negatives with photos of documents and early motion picture devices. The correspondence includes 1 letter from Thomas Edison to Armat crediting Armat with the invention of the motion picture projector and 1 letter from Orville Wright to Armat regarding the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the photos are of legal documents for a case, Armat Motion Picture Company v. Edison...
Dates: 1896

Ephemera - Armat Motion Picture Company., 1901

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: 34196
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Armat Papers consist of a few letters to Thomas Armat and members of his family and 67 glass plate negatives with photos of documents and early motion picture devices. The correspondence includes 1 letter from Thomas Edison to Armat crediting Armat with the invention of the motion picture projector and 1 letter from Orville Wright to Armat regarding the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the photos are of legal documents for a case, Armat Motion Picture Company v. Edison...
Dates: 1901

Clippings - Armat, Thomas., 1935 - 1959

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: 34197
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Armat Papers consist of a few letters to Thomas Armat and members of his family and 67 glass plate negatives with photos of documents and early motion picture devices. The correspondence includes 1 letter from Thomas Edison to Armat crediting Armat with the invention of the motion picture projector and 1 letter from Orville Wright to Armat regarding the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the photos are of legal documents for a case, Armat Motion Picture Company v. Edison...
Dates: 1935 - 1959

Photographs - Armat, Thomas., 1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: 34198
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Armat Papers consist of a few letters to Thomas Armat and members of his family and 67 glass plate negatives with photos of documents and early motion picture devices. The correspondence includes 1 letter from Thomas Edison to Armat crediting Armat with the invention of the motion picture projector and 1 letter from Orville Wright to Armat regarding the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the photos are of legal documents for a case, Armat Motion Picture Company v. Edison...
Dates: 1946

Damaged Glass Negatives - Apparatus., 1896 - 1922

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: 34200
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Armat Papers consist of a few letters to Thomas Armat and members of his family and 67 glass plate negatives with photos of documents and early motion picture devices. The correspondence includes 1 letter from Thomas Edison to Armat crediting Armat with the invention of the motion picture projector and 1 letter from Orville Wright to Armat regarding the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the photos are of legal documents for a case, Armat Motion Picture Company v. Edison...
Dates: 1896 - 1922

Films - "The Father of Screenland" & "Out of the Inkwell"., 1921 - 1929

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 34199
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Armat Papers consist of a few letters to Thomas Armat and members of his family and 67 glass plate negatives with photos of documents and early motion picture devices. The correspondence includes 1 letter from Thomas Edison to Armat crediting Armat with the invention of the motion picture projector and 1 letter from Orville Wright to Armat regarding the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the photos are of legal documents for a case, Armat Motion Picture Company v. Edison...
Dates: 1921 - 1929