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[PRE-CINEMA]. Poole’s Myriorama. Hanley: Allbut and Daniel, Percy Street Printing Works, [ca. 1900]. Two-color letterpress broadside printed in gold and black on bright green stock and advertising a run of the moving panoramic pictures pioneered by the Poole family. On this occasion, the Myriorama consisted of “Realisations of Nature’s Wonders in Sunshine, Storm, Peace and War” at St. James’s Hall in Liverpool. In addition to his moving panoramas, Poole also featured variety acts such as the Gilleno Brothers, the “World’s Greatest and Funniest Musical Clowns,” along with “their Latest Novelty The Musical Ducks.” 33 ¾ x 11 ½”. Paper backed. Scattered losses, soiling, tears, retouching to creases.