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Mondo Niovo – Shoulder Straps
Museo Nazionale del Cinema Collection, Torino, Italy[*] #MNC-M01035
Country Year
Dimensions: H=54.5 cm, W=72.8 cm, D=92.7
Lens: ⌀=6 cm, ƒ [missing lenses]
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Figure MNC-M01035.1 –Mondo Niovo with Shoulder Straps |
| Photo © Ana Mendes. |
This is an Italian travelling optical machine called a Mondo Niovo. It is particularly interesting because there are remnants of shoulder straps on the bottom indicating that, despite its size, it was carried from place to place on the showman's back.
Endnotes:
[*] We would like to thank Raffaella Isoardi and Valentina Malvicino for making our research possible and assisting us in every way, as well as Antoine ... for assistance in the archives.