Edison Manufacturing Co. incorporated on May 5. Edison cameras are present at Pan-American Exposition when President McKinley is shot by an assassin. Circuit Court's decision reversed on March 10 by Court of Appeals, which essentially disallows Edison having a monopoly on motion picture apparatus. One of the most famous early films, The Great Train Robbery, directed by Edwin S. Porter, is filmed during November. 1905 Business Phonograph introduced.
Nickelodeons become popular in Chicago and later spread to other urban areas.
New Edison film studio opened in the Bronx, New York, June-July. 1909 Edwin S. Porter fired on November 10. Edison Disc Phonograph shown in public for the first time. 1912 Edison Disc Phonograph put on sale. Blue Amberol introduced, an unbreakable cylinder with superior sound.