On Aug. 31, 1897, Thomas Edison received a patent for the kinetographic camera, “a certain new and useful Improvement in Kinetoscopes,” the forerunner of the motion picture film projector. Edison and ...

Experimental test footage from Edison’s earliest motion picture work, capturing camera trials, exposure studies, and mechanical movement. Likely filmed by Edison staff in the early 1890s, it survives ...

Did you know that one of Fort Myers most famous residents is indirectly responsible for Hollywood becoming a movie mecca? Thomas Edison spent winters in Fort Myers from 1885 until his death in 1931, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Contains Gordon Hendricks's collection of clippings, correspondence, and research notes, and other professional papers related to his books and ...

The Photographic History Collection’s Early Motion Picture History Collection is one of the most complete assemblages of objects relating to the invention of the American cinema in any museum. The ...