Organisation: Lapierre et Cie, lantern manufacturer

Organisation history Slide manufacture Lantern hardware

Historical details of this organisation

Full name

Lapierre et Cie

Short name

Lapierre et Cie

Main area of activity

lantern manufacturer

Date of foundation

in or before 1860

Main period and nation of relevant activity

N/A, France

Notes

Following the Cinemathèque de Toulouse, Lapierre et Cie was the French market leader in toy lanterns from the 1860s onward. The lantern slides of Lapierre can be identified fro the green paper that encricles the glass plates

Related organisations

took over business of Louis Aubert, 1884

used trademark E. V. L.

Known location

Known date(s)

Connection

Location

1891

business address

38 Quai de Jemmapes, Paris 10e, France

People linked to this organisation

LAPIERRE, Auguste ( ? - ? ) – founder, dates unknown

Reference

Honore Bostel, ‘The magic lantern: a children's toy’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), pp. 10-11

Lucerna ID 1001347

Record created by Richard Crangle and Sarah Dellmann. Last updated 27 October 2020

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Organisation: Lapierre et Cie, lantern manufacturer