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Thomas Edison's Boxing Cats
From the inventor's New Jersey film studio, the delight of cats doing things on film was discovered early in 1894 (:23)
Courtesy of: Library of Congress
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A much simpler time, only slightly more amusing than watching Mark Twain walk in and out of a camera shot. Obviously, Edison's reputation doesn't rest on this sort of stuff.
Posted by John Ciccone on September 24,2012 | 11:05 AM
Good Evening, As a youngster I admired Thomas Edison, however, had I viewed this type of material at that time, my type of admiration for Mr. Edison would be quite worse. Of course, in past, cats were like rodents, as probably was the case involving two, harnessed cats, wearing boxing gloves situated in a tiny (no wiggle room) boxing ring being admired for whatever reason. Shameful. Thank you Smithsonian.com for, although years late, opening up my eyes. People my age (63 yrs), raising family, etc, etc, could not afford the periodical magazines, books, etc., that would have given them the information important to their year in their lifetime. Thank you again. Sandy
Posted by Sandra Lee DeLuca on September 8,2012 | 09:09 PM