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338 William Pelzer, Direct Examination.
motion pictures. Do not supply service for use in this theatre without notice from us.
New York, N. Y., Motion Picture Patents Company.
Nov. 1, 1912. Form 253. Rev. 1
(Back)
GREATER N. Y. FILM RENTAL CO., 116 E. 14th St., New York City. X32
Mr. Willis: Do you intend for the printing on the back of it to be a part of the record?
Mr. Grosvenor: The whole of it. The whole of the card, and everything on it. I will ask him some questions about it.
By Mr. Grosvenor:
Q. Mr. Pelzer, referring to the card just introduced, numbered Exhibit 88, upon this card is printed on the top these words, "Notice to Suspend Service,'' and then follows the name of the theatre, "College Theatre," and "Brooklyn, N. Y.," printed in typewriting, and then in printing these words, "To Exchanges: We hereby notify you not to supply licensed service to the above theatres without notice from us. Motion Picture Patents Company. New York, N. Y.," and then there is printed on the obverse side, "Greater N. Y. Film Rental Company, New York City." Now, this pink card has a puncture, or a round hole at the bottom, similar to holes in cards that are filed in an index system and it also has a number on it, "22718" at the top, that number being in typewriting. Are not these notices, or at least one copy of each notice that you send out, and mind, I am addressing you now, not as a General Film Company officer, but as the Patents Company Secretary — is not a copy of each one of these notices kept, so that you have them together in a box or a drawer, as would seem to be required by the style and type of the card? A. I think so.
Q. What does that number "22718"— what does that stand for? A. The exhibitor's number.
(}. Then under your indexing or system of cataloging are all the papers respecting that theatre in that number, or is the division of material according to the subject matter?