Title: | Base Ball |
Date: | 1866 |
Material: | Paper |
Company: | Milton Bradley Co. |
Location: | Springfield, Massachusetts, USA |
Milton Bradley was the first to manufacture and sell a zoetrope commercially. Although this one is titled "Base Ball", the animation appears to be someone rolling a ball across a table. Baseball was fairly new at the time and the title may have simply aimed to capitalize on its popularity.