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  • "Vitascope" in 1907, and since then its been a nonstop projection party.

    Gridskipper 2009

  • "Vitascope" in 1907, and since then its been a nonstop projection party.

    Gridskipper 2009

  • In the deco-styled Vitascope Hall, a virtual jukebox allows patrons to program music, lighting and video from a user's smart phone app.

    Karen Dalton-Beninato: New Orleans Hotels Renovate in Time for Mardi Gras Karen Dalton-Beninato 2012

  • Prototype of the modern film projector was the Vitascope (1896), devised by Charles Francis Jenkins (1867–1934) and Thomas Armat on the basis of Edison's kinetoscope.

    1873 2001

  • At the former Odeon Hyland Cinema on Yonge St., it was the first Toronto group to show films on Sundays, circumventing the business-prohibiting Lord's Day Observance Act; they assisted the Toronto Historical Board on designating film-related plaques, such as the site of the former Robinson's Musee, on Yonge St., where in the summer of 1896, Toronto audiences were privy to Edison's Vitascope projector for the first time.

    Thestar.com - Home Page ERIC VEILLETTE 2010

  • In 1896, the Vitascope system for projecting movies onto a screen was publicly demonstrated in New York City.

    KWTX - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • In 1896, the Vitascope system for projecting movies onto a screen was publicly demonstrated in New York City.

    CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports 2010

  • In 1896, the Vitascope system for projecting movies onto a screen was publicly demonstrated in New York City.

    CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports 2010

  • In 1896, the Vitascope system for projecting movies onto a screen was publicly demonstrated in New York City.

    unknown title 2009

  • • In 1896, the Vitascope system for projecting movies onto a screen was publicly demonstrated in New York City.

    unknown title 2009

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