Thomas A. Edison, Orange, NJ

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Thomas A. Edison, Orange, NJ
A 22mm. Home Kinetoscope no. 473 with hand-crank, two top-mounted lenses, metal lamphouse, film spool arms and spools, electric arc illuminant and connecting springs, in maker's metal box with gilt legend Edison; four Edison Kinetoscope films comprising Class B. The Fruit Seller's Dream, Niagara Falls, The Winking Parson and Class F. A Mountain Maid; an electric resistance

Literature

Brian Coe (1981), The History of Movie Photography, p. 164.

Lot Essay

Edison entered the home mvoe field in 1912 with his Home Kinetoscope which used 22mm. wide film with three 6 x 4mm. images across and two sets of perforations. The film used a safety base made by the Eastman Kodak Company.

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