Edison's greatest marvel--The Vitascope (LOC)
Edison's greatest marvel--The Vitascope
New York : Metropolitan Print Company, c1896.
1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 73 x 97 cm.
Notes:
Title from item.
Copyright 1896 by Raff & Gammon.
No. 29057B2.
Motion picture poster for "Edison's greatest marvel--The Vitascope" show movie audience watching large screen with woman dancing on screen and others in background watching.
No. 1. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 250.
No. 1. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.
Conserved; 002183.8, 002196.24, etc 1976 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. ask.loc.gov/preservation pda DLC
No. 1a. Exhibited: On the Edge of Your Seat: Popular Theater and Film in Early 20th Century American Art, Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2002-03.
No. 1a. Exhibited: "Moving Pictures : The Un-easy Relationship between American Art and Early Film" at the Williams College of Art, MA, and other venues, 2005-2007.
No. 1a. Exhibited: "Goddesses in the Machine: Fashion in American Silent Film" at the Bard Graduate Center, 18 West 86th Street
New York, NY 10024, September 18, 2026 - January 3, 2027.
Subjects:
Edison, Thomas A.--(Thomas Alva),--1847-1931--Associated objects.
Motion picture theaters--1890-1900.
Motion picture devices--1890-1900.
Advertisements--1890-1900.
Format: Motion picture posters--American--1890-1900.
Posters--American--1890-1900.
Lithographs--Color--1890-1900.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.03761
Call Number: POS - MOT. PIC. - 1896 .V58, no. 1
Edison's greatest marvel--The Vitascope (LOC)
Edison's greatest marvel--The Vitascope
New York : Metropolitan Print Company, c1896.
1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 73 x 97 cm.
Notes:
Title from item.
Copyright 1896 by Raff & Gammon.
No. 29057B2.
Motion picture poster for "Edison's greatest marvel--The Vitascope" show movie audience watching large screen with woman dancing on screen and others in background watching.
No. 1. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 250.
No. 1. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.
Conserved; 002183.8, 002196.24, etc 1976 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. ask.loc.gov/preservation pda DLC
No. 1a. Exhibited: On the Edge of Your Seat: Popular Theater and Film in Early 20th Century American Art, Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2002-03.
No. 1a. Exhibited: "Moving Pictures : The Un-easy Relationship between American Art and Early Film" at the Williams College of Art, MA, and other venues, 2005-2007.
No. 1a. Exhibited: "Goddesses in the Machine: Fashion in American Silent Film" at the Bard Graduate Center, 18 West 86th Street
New York, NY 10024, September 18, 2026 - January 3, 2027.
Subjects:
Edison, Thomas A.--(Thomas Alva),--1847-1931--Associated objects.
Motion picture theaters--1890-1900.
Motion picture devices--1890-1900.
Advertisements--1890-1900.
Format: Motion picture posters--American--1890-1900.
Posters--American--1890-1900.
Lithographs--Color--1890-1900.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.03761
Call Number: POS - MOT. PIC. - 1896 .V58, no. 1