Employee Records Laboratory Payroll Time Sheets, Box 74.C. Naval Observatory in
Washington. started work experimenter 1912 and was paid $42 week,
quite lot for Edison’s laboratory.
88 W.S. Dinwiddie, December 13, 1911, Letterbook 88, (LB088091). the pilot plant for that project was
37
.Alex Werner. Dinwiddie came West Orange 1911 from the Alvan
Clark Son Corporation. Greene "Pat”, March [1910]."85 was probably stationed this building. Greene was also photographic expert. The advantage such film subjects was that they could filmed at
West Orange and the laboratory’s own equipment could used them. (This collection contains biographical material on
individuals associated with Edison; filed alphabetical order. Werner was hired 1900 work color films.
85 James White Alex Werner, June 15, 1900 (in 1900, Motion Pictures, D-00-15)."89
As member the team experimenting duplicating records likely that
Dinwiddie also worked Building from time time.W. Around 1914 was put
in charge duplication disc records. This was ambitious project make a
series films scientific and technological subjects used schools and in
the home. Edison devoting large part the Laboratory the task
of carrying out his ideas the subject teaching motion pictures. His terms of
employment were ’’devote [his] entire time and attention perfecting process
of manufacturing and reproducing both kinetoscopic and lantern slide pictures in
natural colors.
Greene). This
work was carried out Building the third floor Building and some
filming was evidently done Building employees’ magazine, published in
1912, noted that "Mr.)
88 TAE W.87 was one new breed laboratory employees West
Orange, formally trained engineer with considerable experience commercial
practice.86
Walter Dinwiddie. Greene. worked
at the Bronx film studio the Edison Manufacturing Company and could have
been employee the Edison Manufacturing Company, Motion Picture
Department who was loaned out the laboratory (see for more Dr.
89 Edison Works Monthly, October 1912, 4. was member the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers and had worked the U.
Dr. worked in
Building from 1910 1914. addition general photographic experiments he
also worked the kinetophone--Edison’s attempt talking pictures.88
Dinwiddie must have made good impression Edison for was put charge
of the Educational Film Project 1912.
87 Dinwiddie material Biographical Collection
