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This scene of an African-American woman vigorously scrubbing a black baby was immensely popular with early audiences, and was featured on...

After launching production in London Dickson traveled to the Continent; the first stop was Paris, where this restaging of a familiar Lumière...

William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.

In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of...

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

The famous army scout in an exhibition of rifle shooting. A fine picture of the principal, and beautiful smoke effects.

King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home.

The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete".

Strong-man Eugene Sandow flexes his muscles and strikes a few poses in front of a black background. This was a short film shot by William K.L....

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs her popular serpentine dance routine. She twirls around, and as she does so, she uses her long skirts to create a...

“A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.”

Lee Martin, one of the cowboy stars in 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West', rides a bronco as a crowd looks on. While the horse is trying to throw Martin off...

"Many spectators who have viewed this picture on the Biograph have insisted that they have experienced the pangs of seasickness. The picture was...

A parade in the Vatican.

James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.

Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Thomas Edison studio. He has a large knife...

An athlete demonstrating various poses.

Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.

"This view was made at the Scheveningen Baths. It shows a number of bathers enjoying themselves in the surf. Several picturesque Holland boats are...