Aitken Brothers Birth Place

Aitken Brothers Birth Place (HMT9B)

Location: Waukesha, WI 53186 Waukesha County
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N 43° 2.169', W 88° 10.706'

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Birthplace site of Aitken Brothers Hollywood and New York motion picture pioneers (1905-1920).

Grandsons of Waukesha County Scottish Pioneer John Aitken, Harry E. (1878-1956) and Roy E. (1882-1976) produced the greatest of all silent pictures, "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) with D.W. Griffith directing.

Their film companies (Majestic, Reliance & others) produced over 2500 silent films including the Mack Sennett Keystone Comedies and Thomas Ince Westerns and launched the careers of Lillian & Dorothy Gish, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Anita Loos, Gloria Swanson, Charlie Chaplin, William S. Hart and others.

Besides being film producers, the Aitkens raised world champion Holstein Cattle on this farm site.
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HM NumberHMT9B
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Marker Number02-01
Year Placed1974
Placed ByWaukesha County Historical Society
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Date Added Friday, October 3rd, 2014 at 4:30pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 404003 N 4765502
Decimal Degrees43.03615000, -88.17843333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 2.169', W 88° 10.706'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 2' 10.14" N, 88° 10' 42.36" W
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Area Code(s)262, 414
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2415-2431 W Blue Mound Rd, Waukesha WI 53186, US
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