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Naughty Marietta (Cail-o-Scope)
Naughty Marietta was very risqué for her day. She can be seen in a Cail-O-Scope
at the Musee. The Cail-O-Scope is a coin operated, hand cranked, animated picture
machine invented in 1904 by the Caille Brothers. . When you insert a coin and turn
the crank a small bulb lights up and a reel of still stereographic photos fall
one by one in front of the viewer into which you look. The feature that made
this machine so popular is the viewer’s ability to control the speed of the
showing and even stop it for a few seconds to get a “closer look”! The most
popular machines in every arcade were the “Girlie Shows” like Marietta, which
always promised more than they delivered. This photo is a digital scan of the
original stereograph used in the machine. |
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