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Variant company name:
Founded in Paris, France 1896. Locations: Paris, France ; London, United Kingdom ; New York, NY ; Brooklyn, NY.  Search this
Company Name:
Pathé Frères SA  Search this
Related companies:
Société Pathé Frères ; Pathé-Cinéma ; Pathé Frères Phonograph Co. ; Pathé Records ; Pathéscope Ltd. ; Pathéscope Co. of America ; Pathex, Inc. of NY ; RKO Pictures ; Eastman Kodak ; Pathé-Natan ; Pathé SA ; British Pathe ; Vivendi ; Pathé-Marconi ; EMI, Inc.: Willoughby's  Search this
Notes content:
Trade literature for various divisions and incarnations of Pathé. August 1898 catalog (written in French) of phonographs (gramophones), accessories and recording materials from Pathé Frères in Paris. Pathé Frères Phonograph Co. of Brooklyn, NY: list of records issued in 1920 ; circa 1920s catalog of double disk records. From Pathéscope Ltd. of London: circa 1920s 114-page book about how to take motion pictures with the Baby Ciné. From the Pathéscope Co of America, Inc.: Instructions for Operating the New Premier Pathéscope. From Pathex, Inc. (trade name of Pathe Exchange, Inc., Pathe's US subsidiary that distributed movie releases to theaters in America): circa 1920s Catalog of Pathex Motion Pictures for the Home ; Instruction Book Pathex Motion Picture Projector" ; Pathex Motion Picture Camera Table of Lens Adjustments ; Catalog of Pathex Motion Pictures for the Home 1927 ; 2 copies of undated (circa 1933) Catalog of Pathex 9-1/2mm Motion Pictures for the Home ; 1927 Pathex Repair Parts ; undated manual Motion Pictures at Home with the Pathex Motion Picture Projector Instruction Book ; 1928 Pathex Super Reel Attachment flyer ; undated 2 copies Instruction Book Pathex Motion Picture Camera ; undated 3 copies Pathex Motion Picture Camera and Projector booklet ; Service information for Pathex projectors. From Pathegrams, Inc.: undated brochure for Pathé 9.5 mm Home Movie Equipment (Motocamera, Kid Projector, Hand Driven Projector, Super Reel Attachment). Pathé Motocamera instruction booklet in English. Pathé-Baby Manuel d'Emploi et d'Entretien from Pathé-Cinema in Vincennes, France. From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania retail store John Wanamaker: undated instructions for operating the Baby Pathé ; undated booklet about the Pathé-Baby Projector & Camera Home Cinematograph. Instructions for using the Pathexgraph title maker. Undated list Pathex Library Films.
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists, manual and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
35 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Paris, France
Date range:
1800s-1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Department store; dry goods and mail order catalogs  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Photographic equipment and supplies  Search this
Printing; publishing; paper and bookselling (including type specimens)  Search this
Sound recording and playback equipment (including phonographs; microphones; and phonograph records)  Search this
Theatre and entertainment supplies  Search this
Topic:
Amusements  Search this
Audio equipment industry  Search this
Book industries and trade  Search this
Cameras  Search this
Commercial catalogs  Search this
Department stores  Search this
Dry-goods  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Entertaining  Search this
Phonograph  Search this
Photographic industry  Search this
Printing machinery and supplies  Search this
Publishers and publishing  Search this
Sound -- Recording and reproducing  Search this
Sound recording industry  Search this
Theaters  Search this
Theatrical paraphernalia  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_29067
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_29067