Adam Kessel Images

Adam Kessel (1867–1946), pictured in the series “Who’s Who in the Film Game,” Motography, Nov. 1, 1913.

An example of a mutoscope display at a clubhouse on Coney Island, 1899.

Adam Kessel, Sr. (1845–1911).

Christine Petermann Kessel (d. 1897)

Mack Sennett and Adam Kessel on the set of a Keystone film.

Sennett and Kessel reviewing the extension of the Mack Sennett Studios in Edendale, Los Angeles.

Sennett and Kessel reviewing the extension of the Mack Sennett Studios in Edendale, Los Angeles.

Adam Kessel with his only child, Jean (born 1913).

Adam Kessel, in semi-retirement in upstate New York.