Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)

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January 1, 1927 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 19 Where Motion Pictures Were First Established The Cradle Of Pictures This chart reveals the spots in lower Manhattan where motion pictures were first launched upon a startled and delighted world. No. 1 — Postal Telegraph Building, No. 253, Broadway. Late in December, 1895, Raff and Gammon, sole agents in the U. S. for Kinetoscopes and films, secured Room 729 to house a machine for projecting motion pictures on a screen. Downstairs, in Room 201, Raff and Gammon arranged a larger room for pre-view showing of the Vitascope to State Rights buyers. No. 2 — No. 32 Cortlandt Street. Walter L. Isaacs, exporter and importer, general dealer in optical goods, furnished projecting machines to Charles Urban, in London, England, in 1895-1896. No. 3 — 83 Nassau Street. The Latham, Tilden and Rector Exhibition Company had six Kinetoscopes installed in these premises in 1895, specially built for showing the Mike Leonard-Jack Cushing fight. No. 4 — No. 115-117 Nassau Street. New York Film Exchange, Nicholas Power, proprietor. At this location were developed and sold the first Cameragraphs, in 1898-1899.' No. 5 — No. 140 Nassau Street. First location, in 1897, on top floor and roof, of the American Vitagraph Company; Rock, Blackton and Smith, proprietors. No. 6 — No. 116 Nassau Street. Second location, 1897, of American Vitagraph Company; studio on the roof. No. 7 — No. 112 Fulton Street. Fred Meyer Calcium Gas and Supplies. In 1894, Meyer supplied gas, lanterns, slides, operators, etc., for lecturers and exhibitions, and later went extensively into the motion picture business. No. 8 — No. 1 Chambers Street. The Joseph Thwaites Photograph Studio of pre-Civil War days, was located at the intersection of Chatham, Chambers and Duane Street, (a miniature flatiron building), on the site of which the Municipal Building is built. Here, Jean A. LeRoy, an apprentice photographer under Thwaites, began (1872-1873) experiments that led to his motion picture projecting machine, twenty years later. No. 9 — No. 73 Gold Street. Chronik Brothers, machinists, in 1896, built for Enoch J. Rector, and associates, the' Veriscope, designed by Rector. One of these projecting machines was used as a camera to photograph the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight in Carson City, Navada, March 17, 1897. No. 10 — No. 35 Frankfort Street. Woodville Latham’s shop, where were developed cameras and the Eidoloscope, for projecting motion pictures. No. 11 — No. 16 Beekman Street. Riley Brothers, dealers in optical goods, lanterns and slides, also projectors. Here, in the Riley projection room, was shown the first motion picture on a screen, before an audience of twenty-five, or more, people, on February 5, 1894. No. 12 — No. 1 Dutch Street (corner John Street). Brower’s Machine Shop. In this shop, where optical goods were manufac Whole History of the Business Goes Back To Small Room On Broadway In 1895 Putting the Picture On the Screen 'T’AKING pictures out of “peep” 1 boxes and “putting them on the wall” (or screen) was the task of the pioneers, outlined here, in a sketchy manner. The motion picture industry is grounded on the projecting of pictures on a screen, and nothing else. tured, was developed the final machine work on the LeRoy Cinematographe, completed February 3, 1894. No. 13 — No. 101 Beekman Street. LathamRector experimental shop where marked developments were recorded as the Latham projector, the Eidoloscope. No. 14— Pearl Street, between Fulton and Beekman Streets. Gregg’s Optical machine shop, where Enoch J. Rector had his first Veriscope built early in 1896. No. 15 — Broadway, near John Street. Here, in a basement in 1895, the Latham boys, Orville and Gray, opened a motion picture show. No. 16 — No. 338 Pearl Street, corner Frankfort Street. Police Gazette Building. On the roof of this building the Latham camera recorded a motion picture of two girls dancing with “The P’olice Gazette” sign for a background early in 1895. No.. 17— Beekman and Pearl Streets. American Standard Afachme Co. Here Charles Uebelmesser developed the Standard projection machine in 1902. No. 18 — No. 115-117 Nassau Street. J. B. Colt & Co. Here Colt’s Criterioscope was sold, 1897-1900. No. 19 No. 90 Gold Street. International Projector Company headquarters. Here the Simplex, .Power, Motiograph and Acme projectors, in universal use today, are now handled by the I. P. C., where an established factory exists.