The above image shows a film can that was produced for the Berlin-based branch of the French company Eclipse. The lid of the can features the company‘s name circling around the center, which was intended for a label. The name is embossed and reads: „Eclipse“ Kinematographen und Films-Fabrik. Urban Trading Company, Berlin.. This resembles the spelling usually used by Eclipse in advertisements published from 1907 to the end of 1912.1 Urban Trading Co. was later dropped by the German branch of Eclipse, indicating that the can was produced prior to 1913.
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