1961
GUSN-169714
Panoramas provided popular entertainment to the masses before movies, television or radio were even imagined. Large canvas paintings unfurled off of rollers and depicting a story or journey, they provided escape and education to those who witnessed the spectacles. Minard Lewis and Truman C. Bartholomew's panorama of the Battle of Bunker Hill was one of the most thrilling, incorporating sound, chemical and lighting effects with mechanics to create a sense of realism rarely experienced by those who viewed it.
Article ID 90
SC001
Old-Time New England
SC001.1961.052.186.002
Panoramas provided popular entertainment to the masses before movies, television or radio were even imagined. Large canvas paintings unfurled off of rollers and depicting a story or journey, they provided escape and education to those who witnessed the spectacles. Minard Lewis and Truman C. Bartholomew's panorama of the Battle of Bunker Hill was one of the most thrilling, incorporating sound, chemical and lighting effects with mechanics to create a sense of realism rarely experienced by those who viewed it.
Volume 52, Number 186 (Fall, 1961)
Joseph Earl Arrington (Author)
(1961). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
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Boston, Mass.
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Old Time New England
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