Women Looking at 'What the Butler Saw' Machines
0000; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Resumo
A Snapshot Photograph, Taken at the Seaside by an Unknown Photographer. Two Women Peer into 'What the Butler Saw' Machines Installed on the Promenade. Attractions to View Included, 'Willie's Hat', 'The Ramping Girls on the Swing' and 'The Great Cricket Match'. At the Time, No Pier or Seafront Was Complete without a Few 'What the Butler Saw' Machines, Often Showing Racy Pictures. In 1894 the American Inventor Herman Casler Developed a Peepshow Viewer for Moving Pictures Which Worked on a Flip-Book Principle. Casler Called the Peepshow Machines Mutoscopes. In Britain They Became Known as 'What the Butler Saw' Machines, Named after the Title of a Popular Film. Kodak Collection / Science & Society Picture Library. Photographer: Unknown.
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