The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device. The Kinetoscope was designed for films to be viewed by one individual at a time through a peephole viewer window at the top of the device. The Kinetoscope created the illusion of movement by conveying a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images over a light source. First described in conceptual terms by inventor Thomas Edison in 1888,

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The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device. The Kinetoscope was designed for films to be viewed by one individual at a time through a peephole viewer window at the top of the device. The Kinetoscope created the illusion of movement by conveying a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images over a light source. First described in conceptual terms by inventor Thomas Edison in 1888,

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Keywords: 1894–95, american, archival, archive, ca, cinema, early, film, francisco, historical, history, kinetoscope, movies, parlor, photography, san