Kinetoscope Pictures--Practicing Putting the Shot – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Kinetoscope Pictures--Practicing Putting the Shot, preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Kinetoscope Pictures--Practicing Putting the Shot
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Figures practicing the shot put, a heavy-ball throw from the shoulder, appear in this set of Kinetoscope pictures from 1896. The series was reproduced in *The American Amateur Photographer* that December, showing how short films made for Edison's peep-show viewer could also serve as a record of athletic training. The shot put, a field event with roots in old contests of strength, suited early motion studies because its short, forceful movement reads clearly across successive frames. The still reproductions preserve a sequence originally meant to be seen in motion.
| Medium | 1 item. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1896 |
| Subjects | Photos reproduced. Illus. in: The American Amateur Photographer, vol. 8, 1896 Dec., p. 536. Reference copy may be in SSF - Motion pictures. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog.--Hist.; Sports--Shot putting; Motion pictures; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,039 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-134939 |
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