Phenakistoscope viewing disc

Phenakistoscope viewing disc

Pre-cinema

Alphonse Giroux

French, ca. 1775–1848

Phenakistoscope viewing disc

1833
Cardboard
Diameter: 8 9/16 in. (21.7 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1991.0410.0001

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