Today is the birthday of George Kirke Spoor (1872-1953). Starting in 1894, Chicago-based Spoor was among the very earliest of motion picture exhibitors in the world. His first device, the Magiscope, created with inventor Edward Hill Amet, put him in direct competition with Edison and the Lumière brothers. Spoor and Amet are also credited with creating […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:06AM on December 18, 2016