Anschutz Tachyscope
Circular cardboard box with four-language pictorial lid, 233mm diameter; lid lifts to fit on wooden and metal spindle and base for rotation; picture bands with integral slots fit around circumference; modified for display in old museum - wooden insert fitted inside lid for support; spindle and base drilled through shaft of motor mechanism. With three picture bands: horse and rider jumping over fence (LFG 1, No 2, by Ottomar Anschutz, Lisca (Posen); galloping horse; trotting dog.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/7201
- Materials:
- cardboard, brass (copper, zinc alloy), paper (fibre product), wood (unidentified) and white metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 170 mm 225 mm,
- type:
- tachyscope and optical toy
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford