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Organisation: W. Butcher & Sons, slide manufacturer and dealer

Organisation history  Slide manufacture  Slide sale/hire stock  Texts published  Advertisements  
Historical details of this organisation
Full name
W. Butcher & Sons
Short name
W. Butcher & Sons
Known activities
Known date(s)
Activity
1890s-1915
slide manufacturer
1890s-1915
slide retailer/hirer
1890s-1915
lantern hardware manufacturer
1890s-1915
lantern hardware retailer/hirer
1890s-1915
lantern accessory manufacturer
1890s-1915
lantern accessory retailer/hirer
Date of foundation
in or before 1892
Date of winding-up
1915
Main period and nation of relevant activity
1890s-1910s, England
Notes

Better known by their trade name 'Primus'.

Related organisations

business taken over by Houghton-Butcher, 1915

acted as agent for W.H. Assender & Co., 1900

acted as agent for James Williamson, 1900

took over business of Tyler and England Brothers, 1907

used trademark Primus

Known locations
Known date(s)
Connection
Location
1892-1903
business address
Blackheath, London SE, England
1902-1904
business address
Camera House, St Bride Street, London, England
1911-1920
business address
Camera House, 1 Farringdon Avenue, London EC4, England
1911-1920
factory
79 Copenhagen Street, London N1, England
1911-1920
business address
Brigade Street, Blackheath, London SE3, England
1911
film studio
42 Manor Park, London SE, England
1920
business address
28 Denmark Street, London WC2, England
People linked to this organisation

BUTCHER, Frank  (1873-1951) – partner, 1897

BUTCHER, William  (1840-1903) – partner, dates unknown

BUTCHER, William F.  (1866-1936) – partner, 1890s-1900s

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
‘Notes’ in OMLJ 8.93 (February 1897)
  –  annual dinner and concert
Lucerna ID 1000431

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 9 June 2020

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