Organisation: Negretti & Zambra, scientific instrument maker

Organisation history

Historical details of this organisation

Full name

Negretti & Zambra

Short name

Negretti & Zambra

Main area of activity

scientific instrument maker

Secondary area(s) of activity

lantern and slide dealer

Date of foundation

24 April 1850

Main period and nation of relevant activity

N/A, England

Related organisations

took over business of Henry Negretti, 1850

took over business of Newman and Son, 1860

Known locations

Known date(s)

Connection

Location

1850

business address

Hatton Garden, London EC1, England

1860-1926

business address

122 Regent Street, London W1, England

1884-1941

business address

38 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1, England

1884-1918

business address

45 Cornhill, London EC3, England

1926

factory

Half Moon Crescent, London N1, England

People linked to this organisation

MASON, Thomas (fl. 1870s-1910s) – employee, dates unknown

NEGRETTI, H.P.J. (1851-1919) – partner, 1879-1919

NEGRETTI, Henry (c.1818-1879) – partner, 1850-1879

ZAMBRA, Joseph (1822-1897) – partner, 1850-1888

ZAMBRA, Joseph C. (1847-1892) – partner, 1879-1892

ZAMBRA, Marcus (1849-1914) – partner, 1888-1909

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 208

T.C. Hepworth and J.H. Pepper (comp. Tony Dugdale), ‘A brief history of the lantern’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), p. 5

Lucerna ID 1000848

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 7 August 2014

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Organisation: Negretti & Zambra, scientific instrument maker