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Zoetrope Invented
The Zoetrope was invented by William George Horner -
Phenakistoscope Introduced
Created by Joseph Plateau -
Leland Stanford's Bet
Leland Stanford used cameras to prove that a horse can have all 4 hooves off the ground at once -
Zoopraxiscope Invented by Eadward Muybridge
Invented by Eadward Muybridge -
First Hand-Held Box Camera
Kodak -
First Motion Picture Studio
Thomas Edison made the first motion picture studio called the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey -
First Kinetoscope Parlor
The first parlor was made in New York, had ten different kinetoscopes on display -
Fred Ott's Sneeze
Made in "Black Maria" -
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Novelty Period
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Lumiere Brothers Public Screening
The first public film screeing was held in the basement of the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris by Auguste and Louis Lumiere -
Kinetoscope Invented
W.K.L invented it and Thomas Edison patented it, forerunner of the projector -
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The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery was a silent short Western film written, produced, and directed by Edwin S. Porter -
Iroquis Theater Fire
Chicago, Illinois -
Period: to
Nickelodeons
Nickelodeon time period
