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Flip Book, by T.W. Eggers, New York, 1897

Inventory Number 22974


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.22974

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by E. Heron Allen F.R.S.
Primary inscriptions
“Copyright 1897, T.W. Eggers. New York”
Physical material
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 50mm Width: 27mm Depth: 22mm Weight: 11g
Inventory No
22974

Description

A flip book containing 48 small photographs, bound together by a staple. These images are animated by holding the book with one hand and rapidly flipping through its pages with the thumb of the other hand. The sequence shows a woman dancing as her dress changes colour. On the cover of the flip book there is a picture of a dancer with a coloured dress.