Old school “animated GIFs” from the 19th century

Frederico Birchal - Phenakistoscopes

Long before the first GIF ever created, Joseph Plateau, a physicist from Belgium invented the Plenakistoscope, a device that enabled the user to view an animated looped sequence.

The GIFs bellow were created by the “Richard Balzer Collection” based on original phenakistoscopes from the 19th century.

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