Gaumont

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In 1895 Léon Gaumont took over the "Comptoir général de photographie" in 57 rue Saint-Roch, Paris. In 1896 he managed to market Georges Demenÿ's "appareils chronophotographiques". Demenÿ was a partner of the famous Étienne-Jules Marey, the inventor of these cameras which made it possible to study movements by shooting a whole series of sharp photos in a few seconds. In the same year Gaumont introduced a good camera for perforated 58mm roll film in his first catalogue. Sales grew slowly and some cameras were dedicated to scientific photography. So the company was depending a little on support by people like Gustave Eiffel. The company produced some Mutoscope single viewer movie presentation machines. In 1899 it was renamed to L. Gaumont & Cie. In 1900 it participated in the Expo Paris and won the "Grand Prix" for its stereo camera. The company kept making cameras on a high level, for example the Spido press camera of 1925.

source: book presentation "Les premières années de la société L. Gaumont et Cie et Léonce Perret" [1]

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