Non-Quaker Lantern Slides
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 Feet (9 boxes)
Language
English
Overview
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.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- 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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