Edison wanted to keep movies as peepshows and was blindsided when projectors hit. His company bought C. Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat's model, the Phantoscope, rebranding it as the Vitascope and claimed Edison had invented it.
December 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Edison wanted to keep movies as peepshows and was blindsided when projectors hit. His company bought C. Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat's model, the Phantoscope, rebranding it as the Vitascope and claimed Edison had invented it.
Vitascope Hall opened on July 26, 1896, at 623 Canal Street in New Orleans, as the first permanent, for-profit indoor movie theater in the United States. #OnThisDay
July 26, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Vitascope Hall opened on July 26, 1896, at 623 Canal Street in New Orleans, as the first permanent, for-profit indoor movie theater in the United States. #OnThisDay
i was saving this model kit for an emergency
April 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
i was saving this model kit for an emergency
ROKR Must-Have Kit - LK601 VITASCOPE
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September 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
@moviessilently.bsky.social You know you’re on to something when your movie projector inspires a solo banjo composition.
June 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM
@moviessilently.bsky.social You know you’re on to something when your movie projector inspires a solo banjo composition.
On July 26, 1896, Vitascope Hall, the first fixed-seating movie theater in the U.S., opened at 623 Canal Street in New Orleans. Admission to the 400-seat theater—basically a showroom fitted with a projector and filled with chairs and used church pews—was 10 cents. #OnThisDay
July 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On July 26, 1896, Vitascope Hall, the first fixed-seating movie theater in the U.S., opened at 623 Canal Street in New Orleans. Admission to the 400-seat theater—basically a showroom fitted with a projector and filled with chairs and used church pews—was 10 cents. #OnThisDay
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 26 July 1896, the first permanent movie theatre in 🇺🇸, VITASCOPE HALL, opened at 623 Canal Street in #NewOrleans. Admission was 10 cents.
July 25, 2026 at 11:30 PM
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 26 July 1896, the first permanent movie theatre in 🇺🇸, VITASCOPE HALL, opened at 623 Canal Street in #NewOrleans. Admission was 10 cents.
The Edison Vitascope, an early motion picture projector, was first publicly shown to a paying audience on April 23, 1896, at Koster and Bial's Music Hall in New York City. #OnThisDay
April 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Edison Vitascope, an early motion picture projector, was first publicly shown to a paying audience on April 23, 1896, at Koster and Bial's Music Hall in New York City. #OnThisDay
New York, NY
Where the "Vitascope" first projected a moving picture and the age of motion pictures began!
#BlueSkyArtShow #Texture #photography
#WentOverBoardAndIAmPostingOneAnHour
Where the "Vitascope" first projected a moving picture and the age of motion pictures began!
#BlueSkyArtShow #Texture #photography
#WentOverBoardAndIAmPostingOneAnHour
May 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
New York, NY
Where the "Vitascope" first projected a moving picture and the age of motion pictures began!
#BlueSkyArtShow #Texture #photography
#WentOverBoardAndIAmPostingOneAnHour
Where the "Vitascope" first projected a moving picture and the age of motion pictures began!
#BlueSkyArtShow #Texture #photography
#WentOverBoardAndIAmPostingOneAnHour
Personally I call it the "vitascope" unlike you plebeians
June 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Personally I call it the "vitascope" unlike you plebeians
Phonographs redefined the landscape of American media. Originally on wax cylinders and thereafter disks, the deliverance of music on demand refigured the entire business.
It also was one of the cornerstones of early coin-op, with phonograph parlors being the first arcades.
It also was one of the cornerstones of early coin-op, with phonograph parlors being the first arcades.
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Phonographs redefined the landscape of American media. Originally on wax cylinders and thereafter disks, the deliverance of music on demand refigured the entire business.
It also was one of the cornerstones of early coin-op, with phonograph parlors being the first arcades.
It also was one of the cornerstones of early coin-op, with phonograph parlors being the first arcades.
July 26th, 1896. Vitascope Hall, the first permanent for-profit movie theater, opens in New Orleans.
July 27, 2026 at 12:26 AM
July 26th, 1896. Vitascope Hall, the first permanent for-profit movie theater, opens in New Orleans.
Two weeks remain in the Early Bird deadline for AMAZING FANTASY FEST, #Buffalo's Festival of Imaginative Cinema! We run a minimum of 7 days in September: #Horror #sciencefiction #fantasy #action #animation & #Experimental cinema!
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Amazing Fantasy Fest
Did you know that Vitascope Hall, built in Buffalo in 1896 in Buffalo, New York, was the first permanent movie theater in the United States, and is believed ...
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December 18, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Two weeks remain in the Early Bird deadline for AMAZING FANTASY FEST, #Buffalo's Festival of Imaginative Cinema! We run a minimum of 7 days in September: #Horror #sciencefiction #fantasy #action #animation & #Experimental cinema!
filmfreeway.com/AmazingFanta...
If it was up to Rex, we'd be watching this tomorrow from film off a Vitascope because someone's grandaddy bought the first one on Canal Street in 1903.
February 18, 2026 at 2:18 AM
If it was up to Rex, we'd be watching this tomorrow from film off a Vitascope because someone's grandaddy bought the first one on Canal Street in 1903.
Building a wooden vitascope is pretty kewl
July 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Building a wooden vitascope is pretty kewl
Today is 130th anniversary (2)
wireless telegraphy
The Stars and Stripes forever song
New Orleans Permanent movie theatre Vitascope Hall
Camera operators
The Khodynka Tragedy
US SCOTUS messy Plessy V Ferguson (separate but equal) law
Penicillin antibiotic discovery
Antarctica expeditions
Dolls
wireless telegraphy
The Stars and Stripes forever song
New Orleans Permanent movie theatre Vitascope Hall
Camera operators
The Khodynka Tragedy
US SCOTUS messy Plessy V Ferguson (separate but equal) law
Penicillin antibiotic discovery
Antarctica expeditions
Dolls
August 20, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Today is 130th anniversary (2)
wireless telegraphy
The Stars and Stripes forever song
New Orleans Permanent movie theatre Vitascope Hall
Camera operators
The Khodynka Tragedy
US SCOTUS messy Plessy V Ferguson (separate but equal) law
Penicillin antibiotic discovery
Antarctica expeditions
Dolls
wireless telegraphy
The Stars and Stripes forever song
New Orleans Permanent movie theatre Vitascope Hall
Camera operators
The Khodynka Tragedy
US SCOTUS messy Plessy V Ferguson (separate but equal) law
Penicillin antibiotic discovery
Antarctica expeditions
Dolls
#Filmmakers: Tomorrow is the last night to take advantage of the Early Bird Deadline for Amazing Fantasy Fest! The regular deadline is Feb 28th. This multi-genre #filmfestival runs for 7 days in #Buffalo. filmfreeway.com/AmazingFanta... #filmmaking #Horrormovies #sciencefiction #fantasy #animation
Amazing Fantasy Fest
Did you know that Vitascope Hall, built in Buffalo in 1896 in Buffalo, New York, was the first permanent movie theater in the United States, and is believed ...
filmfreeway.com
December 31, 2024 at 3:14 AM
#Filmmakers: Tomorrow is the last night to take advantage of the Early Bird Deadline for Amazing Fantasy Fest! The regular deadline is Feb 28th. This multi-genre #filmfestival runs for 7 days in #Buffalo. filmfreeway.com/AmazingFanta... #filmmaking #Horrormovies #sciencefiction #fantasy #animation
Vitascope Theater enjoyed massive popularity, with over 200,000 visitors in its first year and was due for expansion.
However, the Marks were not financially savvy. They sold the theater and soon found themselves bankrupt. Innovators flying too close to the sun.
However, the Marks were not financially savvy. They sold the theater and soon found themselves bankrupt. Innovators flying too close to the sun.
June 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Vitascope Theater enjoyed massive popularity, with over 200,000 visitors in its first year and was due for expansion.
However, the Marks were not financially savvy. They sold the theater and soon found themselves bankrupt. Innovators flying too close to the sun.
However, the Marks were not financially savvy. They sold the theater and soon found themselves bankrupt. Innovators flying too close to the sun.
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th 2022, the thriving electronic dance scene changed forever.
#Ukraine
https://medium.com/vitascope/ukraine-nightlife-in-resistance-79cd6623c8d6
#Ukraine
https://medium.com/vitascope/ukraine-nightlife-in-resistance-79cd6623c8d6
Ukraine: Nightlife in Resistance
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th 2022, the thriving electronic dance scene changed forever.
medium.com
July 25, 2023 at 3:57 PM
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th 2022, the thriving electronic dance scene changed forever.
#Ukraine
https://medium.com/vitascope/ukraine-nightlife-in-resistance-79cd6623c8d6
#Ukraine
https://medium.com/vitascope/ukraine-nightlife-in-resistance-79cd6623c8d6
Author and wildlife rehabber Terry Masear has an ambitious goal: to save every injured hummingbird in Los Angeles. But the path to survival is fraught with danger. vitascope.tv/every-little...
Every Little Thing – Official Trailer - Vitascope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYgVXMc15kw Author and wildlife rehabber Terry Masear has an ambitious goal: to save every injured hummingbird in Los
vitascope.tv
March 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Author and wildlife rehabber Terry Masear has an ambitious goal: to save every injured hummingbird in Los Angeles. But the path to survival is fraught with danger. vitascope.tv/every-little...
I was thinking of Seahorse, then I remembered you meant the Vitascope.
July 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM
I was thinking of Seahorse, then I remembered you meant the Vitascope.
Rags to riches and back again — Bankrupt Billionaire
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Rags to riches and back again — Bankrupt Billionaire
BANKRUPT BILLIONAIRE is the story of Sean Quinn, the man who personified Ireland’s boom and subsequently, its bust.
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September 30, 2023 at 7:15 PM
Rags to riches and back again — Bankrupt Billionaire
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The ROKR wooden model of a hand-cranked Vitascope film projector actually works!
July 29, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The ROKR wooden model of a hand-cranked Vitascope film projector actually works!
New issue out:
- Beth D'Addono's food news
- Vitascope Hall, America's 1st cinema (here in New Orleans)
- A look at the new seasons coming up for classical music, opera, ballet, dance, art music & more
- News section is back
- Curated 7-day arts and culture diary
Read here!: www.outalldaynola.com
- Beth D'Addono's food news
- Vitascope Hall, America's 1st cinema (here in New Orleans)
- A look at the new seasons coming up for classical music, opera, ballet, dance, art music & more
- News section is back
- Curated 7-day arts and culture diary
Read here!: www.outalldaynola.com
August 20, 2026 at 3:41 PM
New issue out:
- Beth D'Addono's food news
- Vitascope Hall, America's 1st cinema (here in New Orleans)
- A look at the new seasons coming up for classical music, opera, ballet, dance, art music & more
- News section is back
- Curated 7-day arts and culture diary
Read here!: www.outalldaynola.com
- Beth D'Addono's food news
- Vitascope Hall, America's 1st cinema (here in New Orleans)
- A look at the new seasons coming up for classical music, opera, ballet, dance, art music & more
- News section is back
- Curated 7-day arts and culture diary
Read here!: www.outalldaynola.com