Louis Lumière Collection
1894-1936
Title: Louis Lumière Collection
Dates: 1894-1936
Collection Number: P-276
Creator/Collector:
Extent: (Boxes: 1 print box, 1 ½ letter)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Abstract: Five photographs of the first cinema subjects made by the Lumières. Remainder of the collection consists of museum correspondence
with Louis Lumière, Lumière publications and copy prints of the Cinematographe camera (1895) which was donated to the museum’s
History collection. English and French. ca. 1894-1936, undated.
Language of Material: English
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Louis Lumière Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Scope and Content of Collection
Five photographs of the first cinema subjects made by the Lumières. Remainder of the collection consists of museum correspondence
with Louis Lumière, Lumière publications and copy prints of the Cinematographe camera (1895) which was donated to the museum’s
History collection. English and French. ca. 1894-1936, undated.
Camera, early photography & moving pictures
Lumière, Louis, 1864-1948