Acknowledgment: Many thanks to Ed Dasse, without whose craftsmanship and workshop, this crankie would not have been nearly so professional in appearance or functionality. In the Victorian era, before the days of radio and television, families enjoyed home entertainment of one sort or another. One such diversion was a moving panorama or crankie. A roll of paper or fabric (the crankie) was illustrated with pictures that told a story, song or poem and was “cranked” or rolled from one spool…