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1h0731 MAGNISCOPE & PHONOGRAPH COMBINATION linen 28x44 special poster c1890s moving pictures, rare!

Date Sold 12/26/2021

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A Linenbacked Special Poster (measures 27 3/4" x 43 1/2" [70 x 110 cm]) (Learn More)

Magniscope and Phonograph Combination, the circa 1900s silent movie poster ("Reproducing moving pictures"; "Life Size! Full of Action!"; "Realistic Beyond Comparison"; "Don't fail to see this great entertainment!") promoting one of the early showings of moving pictures including: Express Train, Fire Scenes, Lone Fisherman, Fifth Avenue N.Y., and the Little Reb Cavalry Parade. We found some references to this on the Internet, and it seems to be a process from Thomas Edison that began around 1896 or so. Certainly it is from the very birth of film (it may not be actual "moving pictures", despite what the poster says, but it is certainly one of the first processes that led to moving pictures). If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here.
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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster was never folded. It had some creases and tears scattered in the lower part of the poster. It appears that it once had a snipe glued over the bottom 2", likely giving theater information. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did little restoration to the defects described above.
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