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Colporter Box
Museo Nazionale del Cinema Collection, Torino, Italy[*] #MNC-M05753
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Figure MNC-M05753.1 –Colporter Box |
| Photo © Ana Mendes. |
This is the only example of a Raree Show known to have survived. It is an example of an "optical machine " and is included in the Optical Machine Taxonomy.
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[*] 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.