American Mutoscope Biograph Movies

A statue keeps changing from a beautiful woman to a ugly man.

Several chairs rest against a blank wall; three men, then a fourth and soon seven in all, divide into various pairs and wrestle for the camera.

A couple of Sunday school teachers invite Chinese laundry workers to their session. In return the Chinese invite them to an opium den, where the devou...

A husband walks out on his wife, leaving an incriminating letter behind. She hires a detective, who discovers the husband in a compromising position w...

Four women dressed in the costume of the era perform a can-can. They were photographed from a single camera position.

Iola, the little Indian girl, is held captive by a gang of cutthroats but is soon rescued by Jack Harper, a prospector. She is truly grateful to Jack,...

This is a Bowery barroom. A tough girl comes in for a pail of beer. While the bartender is serving her, a loafer steals the free lunch and puts it in...

Mrs. Walton wilfully and mistakenly presumes that her husband is unfaithful, and demands a divorce. Devastated by the impending breakup of her home, t...

Only women are at a resort, until one man arrives. He woos a pretty young widow, and wins her.

The serving girl is asked to serve the salad 'undressed' so she takes her clothes off before entering the dining room.

Two black men are stealing chickens and get chased by the white farmers.

The subject is two grotesque-looking human beings who are sitting on the deck of a ship. The two weird individuals sit cross-legged and do the bidding...

'The 'Nordland,' and 'Teutonic,' two well-known transatlantic steamers proceeding out of New York Harbor at full speed, bound for their trip across th...

Dreamland was a theme park at Coney Island, Brooklyn that opened in 1904. One of its major attractions was the stunt spectacular "Fighting the Flames,...

The best and most characteristic picture of the President ever made. The camera is close by so that every feature shows out sharp and distinct. The Pr...

In this picture President Roosevelt is seen crossing the field from the Navy to the Army side between the halves of the game. He is accompanied by Sec...

A companion picture to No. 1964 ('Cutting Sugar Cane' (1901) (q.v.)),and equally interesting. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Animal herding across a large river.

Muskoka Lake District, Canada. Beautiful picture, showing a man casting a fly, getting a strike, and landing the trout.