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Toys > Optical toys > Peepshows > Panorama boxes

Terme préférentiel

Panorama boxes  

Définition

  • Optical devices, similar to peepshows, which incorporate a series of vignettes to illustrate a story or subject, such as scenes from a historical event; the images are affixed to a continuous roll of paper which is itself attached to spindles located at both ends of the box; the spindles are turned, allowing the vignettes to move across a cut-out window at the front of the box; the Myriopticon, produced by Milton Bradley Company, is a type of panorama box [Stanley]

Concept générique

Synonyme(s)

  • Boxes, panorama
  • Historiscopes
  • Myriopticons

Notation

  • 121987

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-WGFV68H4-R

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