Now online: ‘When it’s Moonlight on the Prairie’ and other songs and chromatropes A magic lantern show with Crank Williams and Patsy Decline for the Ballarat International Foto Biennale, 26 August 2023. The magic lantern slides: six mechanical chromatropes c. 1880s – 1890s; The Lights of London Town, York & Son, 1892; Won’t You Buy My Pretty Flowers, Bamforth & Co., 1897; The Gin Fiend, c. 1885; When It’s Moonlight on the Prairie, c. 1910; ‘Goodnight’ mechanical chromatrope, c. c. 1880s – 1890s. Crank Williams and Patsy Decline in performance with the magic lantern. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Like Loading... Related
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