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ATLANTA

Jean-Claude SEGUIN

Atlanta est la capitale de l'état de Géorgie (États-Unis)

1894

La concession du kinetoscope de Beverly W. Wrenn Jr. (<15 novembre->19 décembre 1894)

Beverly W. Wrenn Jr. est le concessionnaire du kinetoscope Edison :

ATLANTA MEANS BUSINESS
[...]
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 14
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The concession for the Edison kinetoscope was to-day awarded to Beverly W. Wrenn, Jr., and associates. Mr. Wrenn represents the Kinetoscope Company as agents for the United States.

The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, jeudi 15 novembre 1894, p. 3.

Les séances se prolongent :

THEY WILL BE RAFFLED.
The Piano and Encyclopedeas at Mrs. Dixon's Booth to Go.
Mrs William Dickson, chairman of the embroidery committee, whose beautiful Japanese booth at the late bazaar was so much admired, announces that the piano and the set of Encyclopedias that were at her booth will be raffled at the kinetoscope parlors in the Norcross building.
Messrs. Tabb & Harrison, the general southern agents of the Edison kinetoscope, have taken the good work in charge and additional chances are being offered by them in both.
Mrs. Dickson wishes also to express thanks to Mrs Condon for the loan of the beautiful cane fence.

The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, mercredi 19 décembre 1894, p. 3.

Annonce d'un kinetoscope parlor (6 décembre 1894)

La presse locale publie une annonce afin d'engager une jeune femme comme caissière d'un kinetoscope parlor :

Wanted-Help-Female.
WANTED-HELP-A bright, quick, intelligent young lady to act as cashier in the Edison Kinetoscope parlors. Address, with references. "Cashier," care Atlanta Journal.

The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, jeudi (soir) 6 décembre 1894, p. 6.

Dans une longue entrevue, Beverly W. Wrenn Jr. offre de multiples explications sur le kinetoscope, le kinetographe et leur fonctionnement :

EDISON'S INVENTIONS.
Mr. B. W. Wrenn Has Arranged for a Big Exhibit at Atlanta.
Mr. Beverly W. Wrenn Jr., returned yesterday morning from New York, where he completed arrangements with the Edison company to have the finest exhibition of Edison's latest inventions that has ever been seen at any exposition.
Mr. Wrenn dealt with President Gammon of the Edison company, in person, and that gentleman manifested great interest in Atlanta's coming exposition and is determined that Mr. Edison's inventions shall be fully exhibited here. The kinetoscope, with all the latest improvements will be made a feature of the exhibition for which Mr. Wrenn arranged.
"I have arranged with the Edison company," said Mr. Wrenn last night "to have an extensive show of kinetoscopes. This latest and most wonderful invention of the great wizard's will be a feature of Atlanta's exposition. I was highly gratified at the fine enthusiasm displayed by Mr. Gammon. of the Edison company, who expects great things of the exposition.
"We will have hundreds of views on exhibition. Special pictures will be obtained, all with reference to the taste of the exposition visitors. There will be famous men, famous acts from plays and miscellaneous scenes of an interesting nature. Everything will be live and interesting."
Speaking further of the kinetoscope and the kinetograph Mr Wrenn said:
"The possibilities of these marvelous machines can hardly be estimated. Views and scenes can be taken all over the world. Anything in motion can be photographed and reproduced exactly true to nature. From the effect produced by slowly rising clouds of smoke to the falling of water at Niagara; from the rounds of a prize fight or the heats of a horse race to the flashing of the lightning in the cloud-be-darkened heavens -nothing is beyond the reach of the kinetograph and, in turn a faithful reproduction by means of the kinetoscope. Even a bullet, shot from a gun, has been photographed by the kinetograph, so swift is its action.
"The kinetograph bears the same relation to the kinetoscope as the recording diaphragm of the phonograph bears to the reproducing diaphragm.
"The human eye is capable of detecting and separating a maximum of about forty distinct impressions per second of time. It is plain, therefore, that if more than forty distinct impressions or views are presented before the retina in a second of time, the eye will blend these separate impressions into one continuous impression or view. Now the kinetograph is in part a photographic camera so constructed, with attachments and devices emanating from the fertile brain of Thomas A. Edison, that it records forty-six distinct and separate views of moving objects or scenes daring each second. of time to other words the kinetograph takes forty-six separate and distinct photographs of moving objects every second of exposure. These photographs are recorded on a long film, which is finished substantially as all photographs are finished, and is thus prepared for reproduction and exhibition by means of the kinetoscope.

The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, jeudi 27 décembre 1894, p. 5.

Le Kinetoscope de Tabb & Harrison (Norcross Building, <15->27 décembre 1894)

Tabb & Harrison présentent un kinetoscope dans leur établissement.

THE KINETOSCOPE IN ATLANTA.
The Kinetoscope, an instrument more wonderful than the camera, which produces to the eye pictures in actual motion. such as prize fights and dancing. Every motion of participants in a prize fight is plainly seen the same as if you were actually there. It is one of Edison's latest inventions and is perhaps the most wonderful of all. Messrs. Harrison & Tabb, who are general southern agents will open their parlors in the Norcross Building this evening at 8 o'clock. They extend an invitation to the public to attend the opening.

The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, samedi 8 décembre 1894, p. 11.

The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, samedi 15 décembre 1894, p. 20.

Le programme est régulièrement renouvelé :

EDISON KINETOSCOPE.
On Monday next there will be shown an entirely new set of pictures in the Kinetoscope parlors, Norcross building, including the great Prize Fight picture, or glove contest. Do not fail to see it.

The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, samedi 22 décembre 1894, p. 19.

Le kinetoscope continue à fonctionner à la fin du mois de décembre.

The Constitution, Atlanta, jeudi 27 décembre 1894, p. 6.

1895

L'eidoloscope d'Otway Lathman (6->9 septembre 1895)

Otway Latham, qui a présenté pendant plusieurs semaines l'eidoloscope à Chicago, arrive à Atlanta où il va offrir également des séances de vues animées. La première, réservée aux journalistes, a lieu le 5 septembre 1895. Le journaliste de The Atlanta Constitution offre une description générale sur l'appareil et sa technique :

KNOCKS EDISON OUT
Work of the Latest Electric Invention, the Eidoloscope
The first exhibition of the eidoloscope, the machine which is attracting general attention wherever it is shown, was given yesterday afternoon in the rear of the first floor of the Norcross building, where a number of gentlemen had assembled to witness it. The exhibition was a success in every way and every one who saw it was decided in his comments of approval.
The eidoloscope possesses many advantages over the kinetoscope and Mr. Edison will have to bring all his ingenuity to bear to introduce an invention to surpass it. The machine was invented after years of patient research and study by Professor Woodville Latham, formerly professor of chemistry in the University of Virginia. His son, Mr. Otway Latham, has been in the city superintending preparations for the exhibition of the machine and after all preliminary matters are attended to will leave for New York, where he has large interests. A company has been established here to run the machine for the three months during the exposition and perhaps longer. Mr. J. H. Fitzpatrick will have the exhibitions in charge.
In speaking of the eidoloscope yesterday Mr. Latham said:
“One of the advantages our machine possesses is that it can take pictures all day if necessary. The kinetoscope can only hold about forty pictures and the exhibition is over in a minute, while you are required while viewing it to remain in a cramped position. With this machine, however, you are comfortably seated in front of a screen, the pictures are presented life-size and the machine will run as long as you desire it. Then too, it is portable and can be carried anywhere. You could place one on a street and it would catch everything that passed before it. We propose to have one of our machines at the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight and will get the whole affair. If desired we could take the picture of a Mexican bull fight from beginning to end and, to illustrate the staying power of the machine, we could reproduce an entire play, giving every detail except the speaking.”
The exhibition yesterday consisted of the reproduction of a ballet dance, a wrestling match and a four-round glove contest. The figures were life-size and not the slightest smile or change of expression or the working of a muscle was missed.”
The exhibitions will commence Monday the 9^th instant, lasting about half an hour each, and on that day they will be for ladies only, who will be admitted free of charge. After that the exhibitions will be general.
The machine is certainly a wonderful one and it is certain to be a go.

The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Friday, 6 september 1895, p. 10.

Comme il l'a probablement fait à Chicago, Otway Latham est venu à Atlanta afin de superviser l'installation de l'appareil. Il évoque également le projet de tournage du combat entre Corbett et Fitzsimmons, qui aura lieu en 1897, et la possibilité de filmer une corrida au Mexique, chose qui se fera en 1896. La première projection publique a lieu le lundi 9 septembre.

Le Biograph (Columbia Theater, <17> décembre 1896)

Au mois de décembre, le Biograph propose des vues animées au Columbia Theater :

At the Columbia.
The Buckler Stock Company, in conjunction with the biograph, was the attraction last night at the Columbia theater. The Play Was “East Lynne.”
“‘Monte Cristo” will be seen at the matinee today and “The Two Orphans’’ is announced for tonight.
Some very fine pictures were shown by the biograph, the finest of all these was one of the Empire State express going at sixty miles speed. The train is seen coming out of a distant smoke cloud that marks the beginning of a curve. The smoke puffs grow denser on the vision, and soon coach after coach whirls to the front, and it seems as though the entire left-hand section of the house would soon be under the wheels that are racing for New York. The cheers that greeted the picture and its representation were deafening.
The other pictures represent “A Stable on Fire,’’ “Joseph Jefferson in the Drinking Scene of ‘Rip Van Winkle.’” “Trilby and Little Billee,”’ and ‘“The Washing of a Pickaninny by His Mother.”

The Constitution, Atlanta, jeudi 17 décembre 1896, p. 8.

L'eidoloscope (Lyceum Theatre, 23-24 novembre 1896)

En provenance de Savannah, Rosabel Morrison est en tournée avec une nouvelle adaptation de Carmen, oeuvre de Proper Mérimée, dont l'originalité consiste à inclure, lors de la représentation la célèbre Bull Fight tournée au Mexique par Gray Latham :