Jan 7 1894

Happy 130th anniversary, Fred Ott.

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze, January 7, 1894

Copyright by W. K. L. Dickson; shot by William Heise. Jan. 9. 
Performer: Edison machinist and BFF Fred Ott. 
Edison Kinetographic Theater, West Orange, New Jersey. 

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Happy 130th anniversary.  

Read the deep media archaeology done during 2012-2023 on the Orphan Film Symposium blog. Dan Streible, “Fred Ott Sneezes, Twice,” Jan. 7, 2023. https://wp.nyu.edu/orphanfilm/2023/01/07/fred-ott-sneezes-twice/

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