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- Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:58 am
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: Info requested on French postcards
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Re: Info requested on French postcards
Many thanks for this - the cards were alleged by Urban to be the inspiration for Kinemacolor but if they existed would have worked on a different principle. It looks to me like Urban trying to claim undue credit but I want to see if these sorts of cards ever existed, and how they might have caused U...
- Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:59 pm
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: Info requested on French postcards
- Replies: 2
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Info requested on French postcards
I am looking for information on French postcards available on the streets of Paris between about 1904 and 1908 (though probably before and after those dates). Specimens were picked up by Charles Urban, a film entrepreneur, and were used, he says, as inspiration for an early colour film process. I am...