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Vitascope Theatre, Buffalo, 1897
Ten cents for Edison's latest wonder.
What
A newspaper advertisement from the Buffalo Express of Sunday, November 7, 1897, for the Vitascope Theatre in the Ellicott Square Building.
Why
Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat first showed the Vitascope projector in 1895, built on Jenkins's Phantoscope.
Notice
It promises "CONTINUOUS EXHIBITION" from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. at one price of 10c, with "Trotting Race at Charter Oak Park" among the views.
“The movies, ten cents a seat”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Vitascope Theatre, Buffalo (1897)
- Country / studio
- United States
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- U.S. newspaper advertisement, letterpress, 1897
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
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