Includes family photography album, a pen and ink caricature of Crookes and a 'Kinora', an early motion picture device, also known as a mutoscope. The family photograph album, dated 1851-1914, includes examples of various photographic processes including salt prints. There are several early photographs of Sir William Crookes and these extend into his later life as an elderly gentleman. There are also some less formal photographs where Crookes can be seen working in his laboratory and demonstrating apparatus with friends and family. The pen and ink cartoon produced by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1898, features a caricature of Crookes and verses relating to his work. The Kinora is a mechanised device that works on the same principle as a flip-book, where a reel of still images is inserted into the device, and an individual can view the 'film' by turning the handle and looking through the viewing screen. The machine came with five flip-book reels that include commercial entertainment ‘films’ of traffic moving around Trafalgar Square and a boy playing with an elephant. Most importantly it also includes the only known moving image of Sir William Crookes in existence.
