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Reference code
F3786
Title
Magic lantern projector and glass slides [ca. 1885?]
Date(s)
- [ca. 1885?] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 magic lantern projector, 7 mounting frames, 24 glass slides.
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Kerosene-fuelled magic lantern projector [possibly made by John Browning of The Strand, London circa 1885], 7 wooden mounting frames for use in projector, 24 glass slides [some of Melbourne, circa 1890s?].
Glass slides are mostly colour and 8 x 8 cm, supplied titles in square brackets:
- [Lantern slide, with drawing of a rooster, undated]. --
- [Lantern slide, with illustration depicting a cat peeping over table at rats eating a cake, undated]. --
- [Lantern slide with text of 'Rule, Britannia' by James Thomson, undated]. --
- [Lantern slide, with illustration of sparrows, undated]. --
- [Two brown treecreepers perched on a chopped tree trunk fixed to a base, undated]. --
- [Carnations, undated]. --
- [Carnations, undated]. --
- [Carnations, undated]. --
- [View of the Upper Ward towards the northwest, with George IV gateway at the extreme left, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, undated]. --
- [View of unidentified building, road in foreground, unidentified location, undated]. --
- [Lantern slide, with illustration of a castle by a river, showing a boat in the foreground and a bridge, trees and bird flying in background, undated]. --
- [Sculpture, bust of woman, undated]. --
- St Kilda foreshore, Melbourne, [ca. 1914?]. --
- [View of unidentified street, unidentified location, c1900 - ?]. --
- Railway Buildings, Spencer Street, [Melbourne, undated]. --
- [View of trams on tram track, Melbourne, undated]. --
- Botanic Gardens [with view of Government House from lake, Melbourne, undated]. --
- Coburg gardens, [Melbourne, undated]. --
- Camberwell, TH GDNS [gardens?], [Our Lady of Victories in background, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, undated]. --
- [View of Place de la Bastille with Colonne de Juillet at centre, Paris, undated]. --
- Blank slide. --
- [Four hand painted scenes].
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Unrestricted access.
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Pre-1955 photographs: copyright expired.
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- English
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Alma MMS ID
991010369269703131
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Revised
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Revised, Linda Justo, 17-Aug-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.