Did you know that one of Fort Myers most famous residents is indirectly responsible for Hollywood becoming a movie mecca? Thomas Edison spent winters in Fort Myers from 1885 until his death in 1931, ...
(WDBJ) - On this day in 1897, Thomas Edison received a patent for the kinetographic camera. A certain new and useful Improvement in Kinetoscopes," the forerunner of the motion picture film projector.
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Contains Gordon Hendricks's collection of clippings, correspondence, and research notes, and other professional papers related to his books and ...