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Person: CARETTE, Georges  (1861-1954)

Biographical summary of this person
Name
Georges CARETTE
Gender
male
Relevance of this person
proprietor of toy lantern manufacturing business
Main period of activity
1880s-1910s
Chronology
Date
Age
Event/activity
1861
born at
1880s
~18
employee
1886-1895
~24
partner
1895-1917
~33
owner
1954
~92
died at
References
David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), pp. 53-54
Willem Tebra, ‘[Book review: Magie lumineuse]’ in NMLJ 2.2 (January 1982), p. 13
Notes

Salesman for Gebruder Bing in Paris before moving to Nuremberg to open his own tin toy factory.

Lucerna ID  6003572

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 August 2014

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