ECV1850 Plaque:
Development of Motion Pictures
Eadweard Muybridge.
| Some of Muybridge's early motion studies. | |||
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| DEVELOPMENT OF MOTION PICTURES |
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IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE RE- SEARCH CONDUCTED IN 1878 AND 1879 BY EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE AT THE PALO ALTO STOCK FARM, NOW THE SITE OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY. HIS EXTENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIMENT PORTRAYING THE AT- TITUDES OF ANIMALS IN MOTION WAS CONCEIVED AND EXECUTED UNDER THE DIRECTION AND PA- TRONAGE OF LELAND STANFORD. CONSECUTIVE IN- STANTANEOUS EXPOSURES WERE PROVIDED FOR BY A BATTERY OF 24 CAMERAS FITTED WITH ELECTRO- SHUTTERS. CALIFORNIA REGISTERED HISTORICAL LANDMARK No. 834 PLAQUE PLACED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN COOPERATION WITH THE STANFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY, STANFORD ECV ALUMNI, AND THE MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER No. 1850, E CLAMPUS VITUS |
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APRIL 30, 1983. |
The plaque is located on the Stanford University campus,
on Campus Drive West, just South of Electioneer Drive.
Between the Tennis Courts and the Golf Driving Range.
From The El Camino Real, enter the campus on Palm Drive.
Turn right on Campus Drive West. Follow it around the hospital
until you pass Electioneer Drive. Go another 75 yards.
The plaque is on your right, alongside the road.
NOTE: Parking on campus during the week is often difficult.
There is a large permit-parking lot across the street from
the plaque, which is available free after 4pm,
or all day on weekends.
| GPS Development of motion pictures |
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| WGS84 Datum |
| N 37.42460° |
| W 122.18235° |
The Red Barn.
While you are here, you may want to visit the nearby historic "Red Barn"
with its interesting narative kiosk display and bronze equestrian sculptures.
From the Muybridge plaque, go West on Electioneer Drive past the tennis courts,
follow it around to the left as it becomes Fremont Road. The Barn is straight ahead
a short distance.
Clamper Limo.
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