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English: Two-part panoramic photograph of production of Henry J. Pain’s Fireworks Company at Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn, New York, c. 1903. Featured in image are the elaborate sets and costuming the company used to portray and simulate for audiences on summer nights the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy in 79 AD and its destruction of the Roman town of Pompeii. These sets were used by Kalem Company (a motion picture studio) to film the 1907 short Ben Hur. |
| Date | before 1904 |
| Source |
Original publication: Copy in Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. and cited by LOC as having "No known restrictions on publication." |
| Author |
Benjamin J. Falk |
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English: Screenshot of image taken and sized by Wikipedia contributor Strudjum on July 5, 2020.
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