Title
San Francisco Kinetoscope parlor; ca. 1894–95
Caption
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
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP18A24_411
License type
Rights managed
Available size
17,6Mb (836,6Kb) / 9,3in x 7,4in / 2787 x 2207 (300dpi)