The Black Maria at the Edison Factory in West Orange in New Jersey
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2012-01-12
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A constant flow of new film subjects was needed to keep the new invention popular, so a motion picture production studio was built at West Orange in December 1892. It was dubbed the Black Maria on account of its resemblance to a police patrol wagon. The studio had a roof that could be opened to admit sunlight for illumination, and the building itself was mounted on a revolving pivot so that the structure could be constantly repositioned to keep it aligned with the sun.
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Movie Studio, The First Movie Studio, The Black Maria, Thomas Edison's Factory. Edison Factory, The Factory, Edison Research Facility, Edison's Manufacturing Facility, Thomas Edison, Edison, National Historical Park, NPS, National Park Service, National Historical Site, Industrial Revolution, U.S. Historic district, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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