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Completion of the Black Maria
- When
- 1893
- Where
- Edison's laboratory grounds
Edison completed the first purpose-built motion picture studio, the Black Maria, in 1893 at his West Orange laboratory.
Construction began in December 1892 and finished in 1893 at a cost of $637.67. The studio featured a dark, tar-paper-covered room with a retractable roof. It was built on the grounds of Edison's laboratories for the purpose of making film strips for the Kinetoscope.
Sources
- Edison's Black Maria Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-31
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