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| Magic Lantern Manual, William Isaac Chadwick, 1878 |
Before motion pictures, magic lanterns were popular sources of entertainment. A magic lantern is a projector which can display translucent images. Projectionists created elaborate shows that often told stories and featured elaborate effects like dissolves and the Phantasmagoria, which used scary images.
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