The Guy Who Took The Famous Photos Of A Galloping Horse Also Killed A Guy

Eadweard Muybridge's photos of a galloping horse essentially led to what we know now as motion pictures. But it wouldn’t have taken nearly as long if Muybridge hadn’t been put on trial for murder (!)

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Sallie Gardner Was The Galloping Horse In The First Proto-Movie

This month in 1878, a horse named Sallie Gardner ran past a series of cameras in Palo Alto, California. The series of photos those cameras took paved the way for motion pictures.

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