Sujet
San Francisco Kinetoscope parlor; ca. 1894–95
Légende
The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device. The Kinetoscope was designed for films to be viewed by one individual at a time through a peephole viewer window at the top of the device. The Kinetoscope created the illusion of movement by conveying a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images over a light source. First described in conceptual terms by U.S. inventor Thomas Edison in 1888,
Date
1895
Crédit
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Notre référence
ARP18A24_411
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
17.6Mo (836.6Ko) / 23.6cm x 18.7cm / 2787 x 2207 (300dpi)