Photograph Album featuring interior and exterior views of The Warwick Trading Company Ltd, Charles Urban Trading Company Ltd, The Urban Institute, The Kineto Company of America, Inc, Kinemacolor House, London, and the Theatre Edouard VII, Paris, House of Kinemacolor, [57p 100 illustrations] 1 booklet The Home of Kinematography/London: Charles Urban Trading Company Ltd. 28p illus.

Blue-tinted photogravure titled 'Phonograph and Kinetoscope Parlour'. Michigan Electric Co., 101 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 1895. Charles Urban, Manger.

Photograph showing the exterior of the first offices of the Warwick Trading Co Ltd. 1 Warwick Court, W.C., High Holborn. Charles Urban appointed managing director in 1897.

Four rotogravure prints showing Charles Urban and other employees at work in the Warwick Trading Co. Ltd., High Holborn.

Four rotogravure prints showing empoyees at work in the Charles Urban Trading Co., located at 48 Rupert Street, Soho, London.

Three photographs (two rotogravure prints) showing the manufacture of Urban Bioscopes.

Three rotogravure prints showing the Warwick Trading Co Ltd's premises in Hove.

Two photographs showing Urban Bioscope and Biokams. Warwick Trading Co Ltd, High Holborn.

Photograph showing the Warwick Trading Co Ltd stall at an unidentified trade exhibition. An Urban Bioscope is prominently on display.

Photograph showing employees of the the Warwick Trading Co Ltd. Charles urban (far ledt) examines Edison and Lumiere films, for which the Warwick Trading Co were England's agents.

Photograph a Board of Directors meeting at the Warwick Trading Co in High Holborn. Picture R-L: Mr. J.D. Baucus (Chairman), Mr. Herman Kimble (Director), and Charles Urban (Managing Director).

Photograph showing Charles urban (centre) and two unidentified men in discussion at the Warwick Trading Co Ltd offices in High Holborn.

Three rotogravure prints showing the Blair Film Works at Footscray, Sidcup

Photograph showing the approach to the Urban Institute, through Spiro Park, in Irvington-on-Hundson, New York.

Photograph showing the grand stone building of the Urban Institute. Caption on photo reads: The beautiful building designed by Stanford White and built at a cost of $500,000, situated at Irvington-on-the-Hudson -- the new laboratory and works of the Urban Motion Picture Industries, Inc. -- where Movie Chats, Kineto Reviews and Urban Science Series are published.

Photograph showing a close-up of the Urban Institute building in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. Designed by Stanford White and built in 1922.

Photograph showing a close-up of the Urban Institute building in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. Designed by Stanford White and built in 1922.

Photograph showing a close-up of the Urban Institute building in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. Designed by Stanford White and built in 1922.

Tearsheet advetisement for the Urban Motion Picture Industries, Inc. Images show executive offices, machine shop, and film and spirograph record laboratories. Located in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.

Interior view of one of the Urban Motion Picture Industries, Inc.. buildings. Image shows a grand staircase in art deco style. Located in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.

Photograph mounted on card. Image shows storefront of Doan & Urban, Stationers. Two men (one may be Charles Urban) and a boy stand in doorfame. Mount is annotated in ink 'Detroit, August 26th '93'.

Photograph mounted on card. Image shows storefront of United Typewriter and Supplies Co., managed by John Doan.Six men are pictured in front of the store. One, presumably, is John Doan.

Rotogravure advertisement mounted on card. Advertisement contains the slogan "We put the world before you". "With compliments of the season, Charles Urban". Image shows urban seated in a chair and holding a globe in his hand.

Silver gelatin photograph showing the switch board of the generating plant at Urban Motion Picture Industries, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. Page is annotated in black ink and dated 1927.

Silver gelatin photograph showing Roeg machinery in the electric plant at Urban Motion Picture Industries, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.

Silver gelatin photograph showing Roeg machinery in the electric plant at Urban Motion Picture Industries, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.

Paper brochure for the Kineto Company of America, Inc. Located at 71 West 23rd Street, New York. Film laboratory owned and operated by The Urban Motion Picture Industries, Inc. Three pages, glued to album page.

Silver gelatin photograph showing female employees in the Kineto-Film printing room laboratories, located on the 20th floor of the Masonic Building in New York City.

Silver gelatin panoramic photograph showing the stage setting for the presentation of Charles Urban's Kinemacolor 'Delhi Durbar' series. The screenings ran for 15 months from 1911-1912 at the Scala Theatre in London. According to the hand-written caption on the right side of the image, the screen was displayed by sliding panels to both sides instead of using a curtain. Stamp for photographer 'White' on bottom right corner across both photographs.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Charles Urban Trading Co., Ltd. storefront, photograph album. Made by Charles, Urban, London 1904

Silver gelatin photograph showing the lobby of the Kineto Company of America, Ltd. Located in the Masonic Building, New York City. Image was torn in half, with bottom half inserted opposite the rest of the photograph so that the photograph would fit in the album.

Photogravure print showing the attendees of the 1909 International Film Congress in Paris, France. Charles Urban is pictured front row, fourth from right. Other filmmakers pictured include Carlo Sciamengo, Alfredo Gandolfi, Charles Jourjon, Charles Helfer, Georges Méliès, Arturo Ambrosio, Will Barker, Robert Paul, Cecil Hepworth, A.C. Bromhead, George Cricks, James Williamson, George Eastman and Charles Pathe.

Silver gelatin photograph showing workers in the studio at the Urban Spirograph Corporation in Bayonne, New Jersey.

Silver gelatin photograph showing the Urban Spirograph Corporation building in Bayonne, New Jersey.

Silver gelatin photograph showing the studio and laboratory spaces at the Urban Spirograph Corporation building in Bayonne, New Jersey.

Silver gelatin photograph showing Charles Urban (left) on board the North German ship SS Kaiser Wilhelm II, for the film showing the first Atlantic trip to New York from Bremen, Germany, 1905.

Sepia-toned photograph dated 1905, showing the construction of Georges Méliès' "Star Film" studios in Paris.

Sepia-toned photograph dated 1905, showing the construction of Georges Méliès' "Star Film" studios in Paris. Méliès is pictured on the far left.

Silver gelatin photograph showing Charles Urban's Natural Color Kinematograph Co. Ltd. premises. Located at 80-82 Wardour Street, Soho, Londo. Photograph is dated 1909.

Silver gelatin photograph showing a private screening room for viewing Kinemacolor films. Part of Charles Urban's Natural Color Kinematograph Co. Ltd., 80-82 Wardour Street, London. An advertisement for the Kinemacolor film of the Delhi Durbar can be seen on the right.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Silver gelatin photograph showing J. Hickey (left), manager of the Kineto Department at Charles Urban's Natural Color Kinematograph Co., Ltd. premises in Wardour Street, Soho, London.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows the Film Sales Department at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph showing Kinemacolor House, the Parisian offices of Urban Companies, 1912.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows the General Offices at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows the Book Keeping Office at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows the Assistant Mangers Office at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows employees at work in the Typing and Publicity Department at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows employees at work in the Correspondence Department at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows the Private Secratary's office and Foreign Department at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Hand-written note on opposite page reads: "Built by Charles Urban specifically for the Cinematograph Trade. Urban was the Pioneer film firm in Wardour Street. Opened July 23rd 1908, with the first pictures in natural colours."

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows the Board of Directors Room at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows Charles Urban in his private office at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows the Mechanic Assembling Stores at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows the Mechanical Experimental Department at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows employees at work in the Negative Editing Room at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows a section of the Perforating Room at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor. The room contained 20 film perforating machines.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows a section of the Film Printing Room at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor. The room contained 20 printers.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows the Film Developing Room at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows one of two five-drum film drying rooms at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows employees engaged in film joining and reeling at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows employees engaged in joining strips of film together at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows employees inspecting colour film in the Library Department at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows the Packing Room of the Stores Building (rear of offices) at Urbanora House, Wardour Street, London. Home of Charles Urban's cinematograph trade business and Kinemacolor.

Silver gelatin photograph by Topical Press, dated ca. 1909. Image shows a Kinemacolor display set up at a trade show in London.

Silver gelatin photograph showing an interior view of the film negative vault at Kinemacolor House, Paris.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Silver gelatin photograph showing employees inspecting Kinemacolor films at Kinemacolor House, Paris. Kinemacolor reels could hold up to 2000 feet of film.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Silver gelatin photograph showing the exterior of Theatre Edouard VII, Paris. Home of Kinemacolor from 1913-1914. Built by Charles Urban, furnished and decorated by Maples-London.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Silver gelatin photograph showing the exterior of Theatre Edouard VII, Paris. Home of Kinemacolor from 1913-1914. Built by Charles Urban, furnished and decorated by Maples-London.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Silver gelatin photograph showing the exterior of Theatre Edouard VII, Paris. Home of Kinemacolor from 1913-1914. Built by Charles Urban, furnished and decorated by Maples-London.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Silver gelatin photograph showing the exterior of Theatre Edouard VII, Paris. Home of Kinemacolor from 1913-1914. Built by Charles Urban, furnished and decorated by Maples-London.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Silver gelatin photograph showing the interior lobby of Theatre Edouard VII, Paris. Home of Kinemacolor from 1913-1914. Built by Charles Urban, furnished and decorated by Maples-London.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Silver gelatin photograph showing the interior lobby of Theatre Edouard VII, Paris. Home of Kinemacolor from 1913-1914. Built by Charles Urban, furnished and decorated by Maples-London.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Silver gelatin photograph showing the interior of Theatre Edouard VII, Paris. View of the seats taken from the stage. Home of Kinemacolor from 1913-1914. Built by Charles Urban, furnished and decorated by Maples-London.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Silver gelatin photograph showing the box seats inside Theatre Edouard VII, Paris. Home of Kinemacolor from 1913-1914. Built by Charles Urban, furnished and decorated by Maples-London.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Silver gelatin photograph showing a view of the stage inside Theatre Edouard VII, Paris. Home of Kinemacolor from 1913-1914. Built by Charles Urban, furnished and decorated by Maples-London.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Silver gelatin photograph showing lounge seating outside the cinema at Theatre Edouard VII, Paris. Home of Kinemacolor from 1913-1914. Built by Charles Urban, furnished and decorated by Maples-London.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.