George Spoor and Essanay Film Manufacturing Company manuscript collection, 1918-1972.

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George Spoor and Essanay Film Manufacturing Company manuscript collection, 1918-1972.

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Scripts, magazines, and a scrapbook related to Spoor's career as a pioneer motion picture producer. Topics include Spoor's work as a distributor of films in the Chicago area (1897-1907), as co-founder of the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company (1907-1917), and as an innovator of three-dimensional filming processes in the 1930s.

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Chicago History Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 8084451

Chicago History Museum

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Spoor, Marvin,

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Peerless Film Manufacturing Company.

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Spoor, George K., 1871-1953.

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Essanay Film Manufacturing Co.

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Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, an early motion picture production company, was founded in Chicago (Ill.) by George K. Spoor and Bronco Billy Anderson in 1907. From the description of Essanay Film Manufacturing Company records, 1911-1942. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713915714 The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, a major silent motion picture film company based in Chicago, operated from 1907-1918. It was founded by producer George K. Spoor and actor G...

Spoor, Harry A., 1873-1929.

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Anderson, Gilbert M., 1880-1971

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Movie actor; also known as Broncho Billy. From the description of Reminiscences of Gilbert M. Anderson : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86147364 ...