Original Philadelphia Department of Public Safety [Moving Picture Machine] Operator's License, issued February 27, 1915

[Early American Cinema]

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Department of Public Safety, 1915. Vintage Philadelphia Department of Public Safety Operator's License "regulating the Operations of Moving Picture Machines," issued February 27, 1915.

License issued to a Frank C. Jobson, with his passport-style photograph affixed to the upper right corner of the recto. Seal of the Philadelphia Department of Public Safety blindstamp at bottom left corner of the photograph. Signatory for the Director of the Department of Public Safety still visible below the date.

10.75 x 8.25 inches. Very Good plus, with two previous vertical creases, two tiny chips, one to each of the right corners, even toning and light overall soiling, and two tiny pieces of cello tape, one to the upper left and one to the bottom right of the recto.


[Book #171083]