Contents of the Collection
The Barnes Collection includes a variety of equipment and ephemera relating to Victorian film pioneers local to Brighton and Hove. These filmmakers were known as the Brighton School and includes
James Williamson,
George Albert Smith, Alfred Darling, Charles Urban and William Friese-Greene. Equipment on display includes Williamson's Aerial camera, which was used for reconnaissance during the first half of the twentieth-century, and Alfred Darling's Biokam.
Along with film equipment, the Barnes Collection incorporates a large variety of ephemera including cabinet photographs, carte-de-visite photographs, theatre programmes, catalogues, articles, books, episcope cards and Victorian postcards.
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Postcard of Brighton Aquarium. George Albert Smith often performed at the Aquarium as a magic lanternist and hypnotist |
Carte-de-visite photograph taken by William Friese-Greene and Esme Collings |
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James Williamson's 35mm Aerial Camera |
Alfred Darling's Biokam |
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