Collection Highlights
Major Gen'l Z. Taylor Before Monterey
Date:
1848
Object Number:
PR.068.27
Medium:
Lithograph
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Historioscope
Object Number:
INV.7918
Date:
1865-1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 21 x 13.3 cm )
Marks:
printed: on admission tickets: "HISTORIOSCOPE/ADMIT ONE/[dividing line]/Proprietor"
printed: on script: "Historioscope Lecture/LADIES & GENTLEMEN: Owing to a severe and sudden indisposition,/Prof. Easelpalette is unable to appear before you at this time,
Description:
Cardboard box with window cut in top to reveal a series of views that are printed on a long strip of paper housed on two spools and rotated with cranks; views are polychrome representations of important scenes and events in American history; the top of the box around the window is printed to look like a theater; an eight page script and packet of tiny admission tickets accompanying the panorama.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
