| American Mutoscope Company |
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| Type of Company |
Production company |
| Country of Origination |
United States of America |
| Years of Operation |
27 December 1894 through circa April 1902 |
| Company Principals |
Elias B. Koopman, Henry N. Marvin, Herman Casler, W.K.L. Dickson |
| Company Offices |
Roosevelt Building, 837-847 Broadway, New York, New York (circa 1896 through 1903) |
| Company Studios |
New York, New York |
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American Mutoscope Company was established from the K.M.C.D. Syndicate of Canastota, New York, a group of two ex-Edison employees, another engineer and a financial backer, to create a camera and presentation system to rival the Edison Kinetoscope.
American Mutoscope Company became the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company in 1902 to reflect the company’s expansion into films produced for projection.
References: Altman-Sound p. 98; Robinson-Palace pp. 56, 59, 113 : with additional information provided by Thomas Bond.
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