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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

 

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Uploaded on July 10, 2026
Taken sometime in 1896