Anschutz Tachyscope

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1891 in Germany
maker:
Ottomar Anschutz
Tachyscope Optical Toy

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Tachyscope Optical Toy
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
Science Museum Group Collection

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