
Victorians enjoyed rudimentary version of Netflix, new research shows
Victorians enjoyed rudimentary version of Netflix, new research shows https://ift.tt/2wFilIV Lantern shows were particularly popular at Christmas and for children’s birthdays. Credit: University of Exeter Victorian families were able to enjoy their own version of Netflix by utilising an early form of ‘pay-per-view’ entertainment to while away winter evenings, new research has found. Nineteenth-century households were able to have access to hundreds of images of far and exotic lands, comic scenes and classic novels, all from the comfort of their homes after magic lanterns and stereoscopes became available to hire. While magic lanterns existed from the early 1600s, they were […]