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December 20, 2011

Edison TV

Early motion pictures made by inventor extraordinaire Thomas Edison. See an acrobatic ‘street urchin’ bust some moves. Possibly the earliest recordings of break dancing? Edison also made some ridiculous ‘comedies’—a gaggle of seminary girls having a pillow fight, until the nasty headmistress storms in to silence up the fun. This is 1898 ya’ll.

via Library of Congress – Inventing Entertainment

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