Zoetrope
A spinning drum with slits and a paper strip of pictures that several people can watch at once.
William Horner described the device in 1834, but it only caught on when manufactured in England and the US in the 1860s. It shows the shift from toy to mass culture. Examples are in the Science Museum and the Smithsonian.
Materials: Tin or card, lithographed strips, wood
Manufacture: The drum was turned or pressed in tin; picture strips were printed and sold separately.
The slits round the top of the drum to look through.
The interchangeable picture strips – an early form of swappable film.