Lubin Manufacturing Company records, 1881-2006.

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Lubin Manufacturing Company records, 1881-2006.

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The Lubin Manufacturing Company records contain photographs, advertisements, business records, publicity materials, and artifacts documenting Siegmund Lubin's career as one of America's most successful film producers during the silent film era. Scrapbooks include newspaper and magazine clippings, playbills, advertisements, and flyers spanning from December 1911 to April 1916. The collection also includes lantern slides used in Lubin films, portraits of actors and actresses in the films, many still images from Lubin movies, and photographs of Lubin's studios and theaters. Writings comprise papers, articles, and notes on Lubin's life and film technique dating from 1911 to 2006. Corporate files include correspondence, patent information, and receipts of the Lubin Manufacturing Company from 1907 to 1986. Researchers interested in Lubin's role in film history should consult his patents for film inventions in the corporate files. There are several artifacts: large film posters, Lubin's car hood ornament, a Lubin Manufacturing Company paperweight, a film projector from 1905, and a bin containing Lubin film clips and documentaries. The collection does not include any full-length Lubin films, but is nonetheless the largest collection of Lubin materials in the world.

8.5 linear feet

Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7371465

Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library

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Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department

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Lubin, Siegmund, -1923

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Siegmund Lubin (1851-1923) founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which, from 1895 to just before its collapse in 1916, grew to be one of the largest motion picture production companies in the world. His moviemaking empire started with the purchase of one film projector in 1895. Before long, it included a chain of movie theaters, multiple state-of-the-art production studios across the United States, hundreds of employees, numerous patents for recordin...

S. Lubin (Firm : Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Siegmund Lubin (1851-1923) founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which, from 1895 to just before its collapse in 1916, grew to be one of the largest motion picture production companies in the world. His moviemaking empire started with the purchase of one film projector in 1895. Before long, it included a chain of movie theaters, multiple state-of-the-art production studios across the United States, hundreds of employees, numerous patents for recordin...

Lubin Manufacturing Company

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Siegmund Lubin (1851-1923) founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which, from 1895 to just before its collapse in 1916, grew to be one of the largest motion picture production companies in the world. His moviemaking empire started with the purchase of one film projector in 1895. Before long, it included a chain of movie theaters, multiple state-of-the-art production studios across the United States, hundreds of employees, numerous patents for recording and project...