DescriptionEdison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze - taken & copyrighted by W.K.-L. Dickson, Orange, N.J. LCCN95505651.tif
English: Title: Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze / taken & copyrighted by W.K.-L. Dickson, Orange, N.J.
Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin printing-out paper print ; 7 x 5 in.
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. A digitized copy is available online through the Library of Congress' American Memory,
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.0026A.
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Library has two copies.
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.
Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2010-2011.
ott, frederic p. · sneezing · gelatin printing-out paper prints · motion study photographs · ott, frederic p
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