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Magic lantern double pulley slide (Chromatrope)

France, c. 1880

Object
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

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Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Previously on display

23 February 2025

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

Maker not documented

Production places
France
Production dates
c. 1880

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO175947

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-02. Play and Illusion → MI-02-C01 → Panel A7

Measurements

51 x 167 x 34mm

Object Types

3D Object

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

wood, glass, ink, pulley system

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