Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze / taken & copyrighted by W.K.-L. Dickson, Orange, N.J. – Antique Wall Art
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Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze / taken & copyrighted by W.K.-L. Dickson, Orange, N.J. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze / taken & copyrighted by W.K.-L. Dickson, Orange, N.J.
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A sneeze, caught in a sequence of photographs, is the subject here: Frederic P. Ott, named in the record, is shown mid-sneeze in front of the camera. The motion study was made in Thomas Edison's Black Maria studio in New Jersey in early January 1894, and the series of still images was produced as publicity to accompany an article in *Harper's Weekly* about the kinetoscope. W.K.-L. Dickson, who took the pictures, registered them for copyright that same month. The sequence is an early example of breaking a brief, ordinary movement into separate frames so that viewers could study it closely.
| Created / published | c1894 Jan. 9. |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin printing-out paper print ; 7 x 5 in. |
| Genre | Motion study photographs 1890-1900.Gelatin printing-out paper prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 44732Y U.S. Copyright Office. The related movie was made for publicity purposes, as a series of still photographs to accompany an article in Harper's weekly. It is 5 seconds long and was filmed ca. January 2-7, 1894, in Thomas Edison's Black Maria studio. Title from item. Library has two copies. DLC Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 172. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. |
| Subjects | Ott, Frederic P. Sneezing--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,145 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-121864 |
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