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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 684

Armat Moving Picture (WV) 1903. 167 shs. Green seal. Eagle. Issued to Stilson Hutchins, founder of the Washington Post. Signed by Thomas Armat as President. IC. EF. Armat and his then partner, Jenkins developed a moving picture projector named the Phantascope and debuted it in September 1895 at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta. The two co-inventors subsequently broke up over patent issues. Jenkins tried to claim sole inventorship, but was turned down and he sold out to Armat, who sold the patent to Thomas Edison. Edison marketed the machine as the ´Vitascope´. The projector was first used in a public screening in New York City beginning April 23, 1896. Working for Edison, Armat refined the projector. His contributions to the movie industry were recognized with a special Academy award in 1947.

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