Record #286
- Date:
- 06/08/1926
- Record Type:
- Memo
- From/By:
- John Gentile
- To:
- Courtland Smith, President of the American Press Association
- Reel:
- Reel 2
- Frame Start:
- 2-2194
- Frame End:
- 2-2212
- Legacy ID:
- 286
- Legacy Year:
- 1926
- Legacy Index:
- Research
The Patents Office is going to dispose of all old models of patents in Washington. Gentile is anxious to acquire all early motion picture models and associated documentation for a national Motion Picture Museum. A Patent Office document on "Disposition of Old Models" is included; also, there is an earlier memo from Clarence Martin to Smith outlining a plan for the museum and details of its proposed contents, and a list of "motion picture relics obtainable."
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