History of early projectors, 1895 - 1898, click here.

Academy Awards, first years, 1927 - 1941, winners.

People Who Made History, there were so many people who contributed to film and television history, MOMPH will tell the story of those that contributed to Florida's role and those from our tribute installations.

 Alvah C. Roebuck  Daniel Frohman

Alvah C. Roebuck, of Sears and Roebuck, invented and improved projectors and built a company that still makes cinema equipment today.  His first projector, Optigraph.  The Company, Mutiograph.

Daniel Frohman, had a film studio in the Tampa area 1915-17