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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Stargate through Pennsylvania

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Through the mountain ... horn a-blarin' the whole time! (cc) MMXV The Animating Apothecary  

Gettysburg Ghostly GIF #1

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At dusk, on 14 May 2015 --- near Devil's Den --- five flash photos over 60 seconds --- dusty or daemonic?  OooOoOooooh! (cc) MMXV T...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

Gettysburg Visit from 1999

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These home movie clips keep falling from the shelf, so one is moved to do something with them.  And then, there are those brown wax cylinde...
Sunday, March 15, 2015

DOS Test loop from 1997 - or was it 1998? Where did those notes go....

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A weekend of nudging crumbling and grumbling Genlocks and VHS duplications.  And some hand-scanned material.... so many formats ago... A...

Editing Keaton Exercise - Doughboys (1930)

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Keaton at MGM is one lesson after another in how that venerable studio just couldn't fathom comedy and comic timing.  So many things fr...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

"Battle Creek" - the TV series - Begins In Earnest

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The locals in Battle Creek who like to complain about, well, everything, were certain that this series would be a hash job on this once-...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

Some Shameless Self Promotion

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It's a slow news day at some newsletters, and a pharmacist who also makes the occasional animated film makes for good filler. Here...
Monday, December 29, 2014

An Observation on Child Rearing - March, 1849

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Before scanners or digital cameras, heck, before DOS 6.0, this typing exercise came from a newspaper clipping found in a moldy scrapbook at...

Skit for the Closing of the "San" after 127 Years in Battle Creek

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I have become rather proficient at closing pharmacies over the years, and when I had the chance to work at Dr. Kellogg's Sanitarium in ...

Text to Dr. Kellogg's "Health Ladder" (1923)

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In 1923, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg of the Battle Creek Sanitarium released a five-record set of 78rpm records through Columbia.  With them...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

The Dial Typewriter - Another Battle Creek FIRST!

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From March 2, 1953 to March 6, 1956, the patent for an electric dial typewriter 'toy' was being processed.  I don't believe the...
Saturday, May 17, 2014

DizzyWhirld May 2014

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Just a bit of fun with teacups....
Sunday, April 13, 2014

First Animated GIF - Simian Dance (2004)

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Not much, but had to start somewhere! (c) 2004 The Animating Apothecary I have to confess that I am utterly mystified why this par...
Saturday, April 12, 2014

Taxes Done... Office Fun

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At long last -- cue the gremlins! 2014 The Animating Apothecary
Saturday, April 05, 2014

Reworking "Minnie's Yoo Hoo"

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When I picked up my public domain print of "Minnie's Yoo Hoo" (1930) and first ran it through my projector, I thought somethi...
Sunday, March 02, 2014

Playing with Frame Grabs and Sound Effects

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From Steamboat Bill Jr, with Buster Keaton: And one for Harold Lloyd, Safety Last:
Sunday, February 09, 2014

And just to be silly - Everything in Reverse!

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Might as well stretch things out further by running everything in reverse as well:

Sindecuse Interstitial #3 - Train Ride

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A different collection of stills, from the Gilmore Theatre to the health center, shot over two days when the battery failed.  You will note...

Sindecuse Interstitial #2 - Cartoony Sound Effects

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The same footage as the previous posting, with different sound effects:

Interstitial Stop Motion Pieces - Sindecuse Pharmacy at WMU

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Last June, there were days that actually resembled lunch breaks at the pharmacy, and about 600 photographs cluttered the SD drive in no tim...