Trick Photography Delivered Fake News of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

In the final years of the 19th century, audiences first discovered the thrill of seeing the latest news stories presented in the form of moving pictures. All they had to do was visit a Kinetoscope parlour and peep through the eyepiece of a state-of-the-art viewing machine. By 1905, the commercial deployment of movie projectors meant … Continue reading Trick Photography Delivered Fake News of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake