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Archive: May 2016 (11 Posts)

One woman watches as another examines with a magnifying glass an ornate, decorative image on a printed page

Multimedia Moment: A Mystery Sparked by a Century-Old Film

Posted by: Danna Bell

In my first Multimedia Moment post, I focused on the action in actuality street scenes. One of the films, the 1897 Edison film Corner of Madison and State Streets, Chicago, showed people walking across the street with large signs that appeared to be advertisements. I instantly wanted to know what was written on the signs.