Mutoscope

Although not identified on the photo, this is a mutoscope, invented by Herman Casler, commercialized in 1896. It was a hand-cranked viewer for exhibiting a reel of photographs printed from motion picture film. The photographs were radially mounted on a carousel and flicked over in a rapid sequence to give the illusion of movement. The one in this photograph appears to be coin operated.

1890
1900

still image

Biery, Galen (collector)

black-and-white photographs
photographs

image/tiff

1 black and white print

Galen Biery papers and photographs

Digital objects made available by the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

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Western Washington University

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