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Collection of Lantern Slides of Europe, Mexico, and the United States

Description

This collection contains 84 lantern slides from various photographers and publishers depicting images of Switzerland, England, Mexico, Washington D.C., and New England, as well as some portraits and scenes. Thirty-two of the slides were made by the Art and Travel Company based in Chicago. The slides includes images of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; the rural scenery of New England; murals in the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institute; the Washington Monument; the United States Capitol building; the Liberty Bell; an Eskimo mother and her child; gardens; portraits of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Eliza Allen Clark, W. C. Bryant, and James Whitcomb Riley; two Christmas themed scenes; and working men of African and Chinese descent. Identified photographers and/or publishers represented in this collection include the McIntosh Stereopticon Company; Samuel Townsend; L. Manasse; F. Jay Haynes; Max Platz; B. L. Singley; Hawley C. White; and Underwood & Underwood.

Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
approximately 1890-approximately 1920
Call number
photCL 519
Provenance
Provenance unknown, in library as of 2012.
Dimensions
8 x 10 cm (3 x 4 in.)
Associated people
Haynes, F. Jay
Platz, Max,
Singley, B. L.
Townsend, Samuel (Photographer),
White, Hawley C.,
Manasse, L. (Photographer),
Associated organizations
Underwood & Underwood,
Art and Travel Company,
McIntosh Stereopticon Co.,
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