William K.L. Dickson
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a Scottish inventor and the Edison Manufacturing Company's official photographer. In 1889, he was assigned to turn the concept of a the proposed motion picture device, named the Kinetoscope, into a reality. The first working prototype was unveiled in May 1891 and the design of system was essentially finalised by the fall of 1892. The completed version of the...
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a Scottish inventor and the Edison Manufacturing Company's official photographer. In 1889, he was assigned to turn the concept of a the proposed motion picture device, named the Kinetoscope, into a reality. The first working prototype was unveiled in May 1891 and the design of system was essentially finalised by the fall of 1892. The completed version of the...
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Butterfly Dances
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Ten Pickaninnies
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Nabbed by the Nipper
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An Obstinate Cork
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English Nell
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King John
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Man Overboard!
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Fun on a Sand Hill
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From Monte Carlo to Monaco
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Away Aloft
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London Fire Brigade, Alarm
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Upside Down Boxers
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Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam
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Duel to the Death
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He and She
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His Holiness Pope Leo XIII
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Capuchin Monks in Vatican City
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Military Exercise - Aldershot
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