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Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Films - "The Father of Screenland" & "Out of the Inkwell"., 01/01/1921-01/01/1921

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 34199
Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The Thomas Armat Papers consist of a few letters to Thomas Armat and members of his family and 67 glass 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 Manufacturing...
Dates: 01/01/1921-01/01/1921