From the July 30, 1897 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“The Rev. Frederick Bruce Russell made a raid on the Mutoscope machines at Coney Island this morning and closed several of them. These are a species of moving picture contrivances and show various scenes. They are operated by the dropping of a nickel in a slot. Those closed by Mr. Russell to-day were at Feltman’s Pavilion, Koster’s Concert Hall, the Sea Beach Palace and the Old Iron Pier. The particular pictures which fell under the reformer’s eye were entitled ‘What the Girls Did With Willie’s Hat’ and ‘Fun in a Boarding School.'”