6/25/2023
Landmark information
- Location:
Stanford University, Campus Dr W, across from intersection with Governor's Ave S, across from Stanford Golf Driving Range, Palo Alto - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
7/19/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/25/2023 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 25.470, W 122 10.941
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Development of Motion Pictures
In commemoration of the motion picture research conducted in 1878 and 1879 by Eadweard Muybridge, at the Palo Alto Stock Farm, now the site of Stanford University. This extensive photographic experiment portraying the attitudes of animals in motion was conceived by and executed under the direction and patronage of Leland Stanford. Consecutive instantaneous exposures were provided for by a battery of 24 cameras fitted with electroshutters.