Coleman Sellers II: Inventing the Moving Pictures

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #033: Robert Cornelius, Frederick Gutekunst, Mathew Carey Lea, & Coleman Sellers II: Smile for the Birdie!  Photography Pioneers of Laurel Hill, part 4

Coleman Sellers II was a nationally renowned mechanical engineer for whom photography was a hobby, yet he managed to produce what is now acknowledged as the first motion picture.