Organisation: Primus

Organisation history

Historical details of this organisation

Full name

Primus

Short name

Primus

Main area of activity

Date of foundation

unknown

Main period and nation of relevant activity

N/A, England

Relevance

trade name used for lanterns, slides and accessories

Related organisations

trademark of W. Butcher & Sons

trademark of Houghton-Butcher

trademark of Ensign

References

‘Advertisements from the Optical Magic Lantern Journal of 1900’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), p. 2

Hermann Hecht, ‘Decalcomania: some preliminary investigations into the history of transfer slides’ in NMLJ 1.3 (March 1980), pp. 5-6

Lucerna ID 1001357

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 19 March 2017

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Organisation: Primus