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Phenakistoscope

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One of the optical toys not represented in the Graphic Arts Collection is an original Phenakistoscope. We do, however, have a modern facsimile with a nice variety of circular image sequences.

Here is one example of a slack rope dancer or acrobat.

 

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This entry was posted in Museum object collection, Pre-cinema optical devices on October 27, 2013 by Julie Mellby.

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