Handmade Flicker Book

of J.H. Taylor

from 1908 Kinora Reel

        Long before the invention of movies, the very first golf footage came from Kinora Reels. In the years before the First World War, the Kinora was the most popular medium for viewing home movies in Great Britain and Ireland. The Kinora worked very like an advanced flip book or Rolodex, using images which were conventional monochrome photographic prints fixed to strong, flexible cards attached to a circular core.

        Very few original golf Kinora reels are known to still exist, with almost all owned by the Heritage Department of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club. The only examples we've encountered in a private collection are the James Braid and George Duncan reels offered for sale elsewhere in this auction.

        Kinora reels are unquestionably rare, but the offered items are unique. 

Offered here is a custom handmade flipbook of J.H. Ray. This large flipbook was made from the actual slides of an original circa 1908 Kinora reel. Almost everyone reading this can recite various facts about Braid, but have you ever actually seen himm swing a golf club? Well now is your chance...

        This original circa 1908 handmade flipbook of J.H. Taylor measures 4 1/4" x 1/2", and is in very good condition.