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Victor Animatograph Corporation

Maker of projection equipment

The Victor Animatograph Corporation was a maker of projection equipment founded in 1910 in Davenport, Iowa by Swedish-born American inventor Alexander F. Victor. The firm introduced its first 16 mm camera and movie projector on August 12, 1923, the same year Eastman Kodak introduced the Ciné-Kodak and Kodascope.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Alexander F Victor - May 1925 EH
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Victor Animatograph Corporation was a maker of projection equipment founded in 1910 in Davenport, Iowa by Swedish-born American inventor Alexander F. Victor. The firm introduced its first 16 mm camera and movie projector on August 12, 1923, the same year Eastman Kodak introduced the Ciné-Kodak and Kodascope.2

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