Edison Drawn by ‘World’ Artist
Artist draws Thomas Edison.
Genre Documentary
Fatima’s Coochee-Coochee Dance
The dancer Fatima, well-known for her dancing shows at the World’s Exhibition in 1893, performs for the camera. She opens her act by twirling around a few times, and then she does the ‘muscle dance’ for which she had attracted…
Feeding the Doves
A woman and a young girl each carry containers of bird feed, and they toss occasional handfuls to the chickens and doves in the farmyard. Most of the chickens stay nearby, but the doves occasionally fly off and then return…
Going to the Fire
A crowd watches the Newark Fire Department respond to a call.
McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio
“This view was taken upon Mr. McKinley’s lawn at his home in Canton, Ohio. Mr. McKinley appears walking across the lawn in company with his Secretary, who hands him a telegram, which he reads with apparent satisfaction. The characteristic walk…
Young Griffo v. Battling Charles Barnett
A Otway Latham film directed by , released in 1895.
A Morning Bath
“Mammy is washing her little pickaninny. She thrusts him, kicking and struggling, into a tub full of foaming suds.” (Edison film catalog)
Trained Bears
Bears that are trained.
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
“A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.”
The Wrestling Dog
A William K. L. Dickson film directed by , released in 1894.
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