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Non-Quaker Lantern Slides

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1255

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a large number of glass lantern slides on a variety of nonfiction subjects. Subjects include Roman ruins in Italy, various largely European countries, the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War, and biographical images of various American and English historical figures.

The collection of images from Italy includes the following categories: tomb-dwelling and peasants' huts; the Roman Period, Appian Way, ruins of villas, aqueducts, and mausoleums; herdsmen and animals; Festival of S. Giovanelli; rivers and bridges, Alban Hills, and modern peasants; and Roman gates, Corso, and aqua acetosa. A large number of images are not categorized.

Biographical images are included of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Burns, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, Martin Luther, Harriett Beecher Stowe, and John Wesley.

Images of Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and unknown countries are included.

Finally, images of churches, homes of historical figures, portraits of historical figures, martyrs, reproductions of art, monuments, and miscellany are included.

Dates

  • Creation: n.d.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical / Historical

These black-and-white and colored lantern slides were used as aids to lectures in the late 19th century. There are many manufacturers represented in this collection, among them Taylor and Huntington from Hartford, Connecticut; T.H. McAllister from New York; B.P. Murray from Washington, D.C.; William, Brown, and Earl from Philadelphia; and William H. Rau, also from Philadelphia.

The dates during which these studios were active suggests strongly that this collection was formed during the last two decades of the 19th century or the first few years of the 20th century. The collector is unknown.

Extent

1.5 linear ft. (9 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection consists of a large number of glass lantern slides on a variety of nonfiction subjects. Subjects include Roman ruins in Italy, various largely European countries, the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War, and biographical images of various American and English historical figures.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acquisition information is not available for this collection.

Processing Information

Process by Jon Sweitzer-Lamme; completed 2013.

Title
Non-Quaker Lantern Slides, n.d.
Status
Completed
Author
Jon Sweitzer-Lamme
Date
2013
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

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