Here is the address for a company which  produces flipbooks,
thaumatropes, shadow plays, zoetropes, and other optical toys. I like to
use these in the classroom to illustrate points about the archeology of
cinema and about how the sensory perception of cinema takes place. I've
also found them handy for doing the non-academic public lecture on early
cinema directed towards audiences with little or no background in film
studies. The company is very prompt about responding to requests for
their catalog. Their collection of thaumatropes is fabulous....all
replicas of actual 19th century products.
 
It is much more effective to pass around several of these than to rely on
textbook illustrations:
 
Optical Toys
PO Box 23
Putney, VT 05346
 
Hope this is helpful.
 
Meryem Ersoz
University of Oregon
 
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