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Call Number:

PH-01024

Collection Name:

Lantern Slides Photography Collection

No. of Items:

419 items

Span Dates:

late 19th century-early 20th century

Description:

An assembled collection of groups of unrelated lantern slides. Group-level descriptions follow.

958:0012:0001-0044 -- Painted Lantern Slides;
958:0015:0001-0040 -- Calendar History;
964:3366:0001-0004 -- Woodbury process lantern slides from the Gernsheim Collection, dating to the 1890s, published by Sciopticon;
964:3367:0001-0031 -- Lantern slides of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee from the Gernsheim Collection;
964:3368:0001-0011 -- Assorted lantern slides by unidentified photographers from the Gernsheim Collection;
964:3369:0001-0005 -- Microscopic Gems from the Gernsheim Collection;
965:0004:0001-0140 -- Panama and the Canal, 1907-1915;
971:0001:0001-0052 -- Casey, Mary. Lantern slides of Italy that include cityscapes, street scenes, architecture, art reproductions, and sculpture;

975:0008:0001-0024 -- Lantern slides of the narcotics trade including images of people and poppies;
975:0009:0001-0034 -- Kodak Displays;
976:0006:0001-0095 -- Gassner History of Theatre;
985:0068:0001-0030 -- Views of Mexico, circa 1920s;
988:0115:0001-0011 -- Cummings, Carlos E.

Accession No(s):

958:0012:0001-0044; 958:0015:0001-0040; 964:3366:0001-0004; 964:3367:0001-0031; 964:3368:0001-0012; 964:3369:0001-0005; 971:0001:0001-0052; 975:0008:0001-0024; 975:0009:0001-0034; 976:0006:0001-0095; 985:0068:0001-0030; 988:0015:0001-0011

Location(s):

Lantern Slides (958:0012:0001-0044)
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Lantern Slides (958:0015:0001-0040; 971:0001:0001-0052; 975:0008:0001-0024; 975:0009:0001-0034; 976:0006:0001-0095; 988:0115:0001-0011)
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Lantern Slides (964:3366:0001-0004; 964:3367:0001-0031; 964:3368:0001-0012; 964:3369:0001-0005; 985:0068:0001-0030)
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Lantern Slides (uncat?)
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Lantern Slides (965:0004:0001-0140)
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