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Here the Motion Picture Began

Here the Motion Picture Began:On the night of April 23, 1896, on this sitein Koster & Bial's Music HallThomas A. Edisonwith the "Vitascope"first projected a moving picture----In commemoration of...

Here the Motion Picture Began:

On the night of April 23, 1896, on this site
in Koster & Bial's Music Hall
Thomas A. Edison
with the "Vitascope"
first projected a moving picture
----
In commemoration of the event, this tablet is here affixed by
The Motion Picture Industry, October 4, 1938

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