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| 20/5 - |
Thomas Edison gives a demonstration of a prototype Kinetoscope to delegates from the National Federation of Women’s Clubs at his West Orange laboratory. [MORE] |
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| 24/8 - |
Thomas Edison applies for patents for his Kinetoscope and Kinetograph. [MORE] |
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| 1893 | ||||
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Construction of the ‘Black Maria’ studio at Edison’s West Orange laboratory is completed. [MORE] |
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Edison receives a patent for the Kinetoscope. [MORE] |
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Blacksmith Scene is filmed at Edison’s Black Maria studio. [MORE] |
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Blacksmith Scene receives its first public screening at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences. [MORE] |
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WKL Dickson deposits the first films made at the Black Maria with the Library of Congress. [MORE] |
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| 1894 | ||||
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| 7/1 - | Edison's Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (aka Fred Ott’s Sneeze) is filmed. [MORE] | |||
| 9/1 - | Each frame of Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze is copyrighted as a photograph at the US Library of Congress.[MORE] | |||
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| 5/2 - | Jean Aimé Leroy claims to have projected two Kinetoscope films to a paying audience in New York. [MORE] | |||
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| 5/4 - | The first Kinetoscopes are shipped from Edison’s laboratory to the Holland Brothers Kinetoscope Parlor on 1155 Broadway in New York. [MORE] | |||
| 14/4 - | The Holland Brothers Kinetoscope Parlor opens for business. [MORE] | |||
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The Holland Brothers open a second Kinetoscope Parlor in Chicago. [MORE] |
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| 14/6 - | WKL Dickson films a boxing match between Michael Leonard and Jack Cushing for Gray and Otway Latham. [MORE] | |||
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| 17/7 - | Edison’s Kinetoscope film of Carmencita performing the Serpentine dance is banned in Newark, New Jersey. [MORE] | |||
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| Aug - | The Latham’s Kinetoscope Exhibition Co opens its first Kinetoscope Parlour in New York. Six expanded Kinetoscopes each show one round of the six-round fight filmed by WKL Dickson in June. [MORE] | |||
| 7/9 - | A staged fight between Jim Corbett and Pete Courtney is filmed. [MORE] | |||
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| 21/11 - | Herman Casler patents the Mutoscope. [MORE] | |||
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| 27/2 - | The Lathams successfully develop their own camera, and begin investigating ways of preventing film from tearing which will eventually lead to the invention of the Latham Loop. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| Mar - | The Lathams design and build the Eidoloscope projector. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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| 26/3 - | Charles Francis Jenkins files a patent for the Phantascope. [MORE] | |||
| 2/4 - | WKL Dickson resigns from the employ of Thomas Edison. [MORE] | |||
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| 21/4 - | Woodville Latham gives a demonstration of his new projector to reporters. [MORE] | |||
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| Apr - | Edison begins shipping his Kinetophone for US & Canadian distribution. [MORE] | |||
| 4/5 - | Otway Latham films a staged fight between Young Griffo and Battling Charles Barnett which is shown to the public on 20th May. [MORE] | |||
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| Jun - | Herman Casler and WKL Dickson complete design and construction of the Mutograph. [MORE] | |||
| Nov - | Herman Casler and WKL Dickson develop the Biograph projector. [MORE] | |||
| 18/12 - | Charles Francis Jenkins demonstrates his Phantascope projector to the Franklin Institute. [MORE] | |||
| 27/12 - | The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company is established. [MORE] | |||