Cinematograph
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1910
Materials
Cardboard, paper and metal
Measurements
77 mm (width); 167 mm (height); 45 mm (depth)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665524
Summary
A Cinematograph made with a black vertical rectangular cardboard case, open at the top (circa 1910). A wire cranked lever with a wooden handle turns a loop of small paper squares printed with silhouette images so that the picture appears to change as the handle is turned. There is a loop on the machine bearing black images on a white background and another loop bearing white images on a black ground. Total number of items is 3.
Marks and inscriptions
On the side of the box: 'CINEMATOGRAPHE DEPOSE'