lantern slides
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Transparent positive images made or mounted on glass for projection, usually but not necessarily photographic, measuring 3 1/4 to 3 1/2 by 4 inches for projection onto a screen by means of a specialized projector.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Keystone View Company Lantern Slides collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0130
Abstract
Collection consists of 218 images from the "600 Set" of glass lantern slides produced by the Keystone View Company, a distributor of stereographic images formed in 1892 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, by B. L. Singley. For use in the classroom, each slide is approximately 4 inches by 3.25 inches and labeled with a number and a short description. Images depict a wide range of subject matter but primarily illustrate places of urban and rural commercial and agricultural industry including farms,...
Dates:
1890s-1940s
Found in:
Special Collections