 According to The Nickelodeon the " Gnome Motion Picture Company was formed to manufacture pictures under the Meredith @-@ Jones camera patents , now owned and controlled , together with several other patents , by the Animated Picture Patents Company . " The company 's incorporation announcement stated it had $ 30 @,@ 000 in capital and its directors were Frederick Kalmbach , James C. Hutchinson and H. Meredith Jones . The studio and offices were located at the southwest corner of Park and Tremont Ave in Bronx , New York City , New York . According to a report , Gnome purchased a <unk> Moving Picture Machine and <unk> 's Standard Automatic Electric <unk> for their productions . 
