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Scope & Content: Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.

Date Range: [c. 1890]

Reference Code: V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

4 images

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number : 7919

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 7919

Reference Code: V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c. 1890]

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w slides ; 8.2 x 8.2 cm

Scope & Content: Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.

Subject Access: Lantern slide; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Calgary; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Processing Status: Processed

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Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides by Mary Schaffer, mainly resulting from her exploratory wilderness trips between 1907 and 1911 to Maligne Lake and the Yellowhead area. The regions involved are primarily Jasper National Park and northern Banff National Park. The t…

Date Range: 1891-1911, predominant 1907-1911

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1 to 228

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.A. Photographs: lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V527

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1 to 228

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1891-1911, predominant 1907-1911

Physical Description: 228 photographs : transparencies; glass

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides by Mary Schaffer, mainly resulting from her exploratory wilderness trips between 1907 and 1911 to Maligne Lake and the Yellowhead area. The regions involved are primarily Jasper National Park and northern Banff National Park. The transparencies depict mountain travel and activities, landscape views and Stoney Nakoda.; Also includes transparencies of mountain flora and fauna, close-up botanical photographs, and views from Glacier, B.C. and vicinity

Finding Aid: Copy prints are available for reference use

Location (Copy): Reference prints are available

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :; #1 - She who colored slides [Mary Schaffer] / [Mollie Adams?]; #2 - [Mary Schaffer on horseback, Kootenay Plains (1906?)] / [Mollie Adams?]; #3 - [Mary Schaffer? with horse] / [Mollie Adams?]; #4 - Frances Louise Beaver '06; #5 - Sampson Beaver's family '06 (p.181); #6 - Pinto Lake from summit of [Sunset] pass '06; #7 - Crowfoot Glacier [1907?]; #8 - On Bow Lake .07; #9 - On Bow Summit [1907?]; #10 - Howse Peak & Pyramid [Chephren] - Bear Creek [Mistaya River, (1907?)]; #11 - Pyramid [Chephren] on Bear Creek [Mistaya River (1907?)]; #12 - Mt. Forbes [1907?]; #13 - At the mouth of the north fork [North Saskatchewan River (1907?)]; #14 - North Fork Saskatchewan [1907?]; #15 - [Panther Falls 1907?]; #16 - Snowing on Wilcox Pass [1907?]; #17 - A hard bit in the bush [1907?]; #18 - [Endless chain (1907?)]; #19 - Athabasca Gorge [Falls] [1907?]; #20 - Mt. Quincy [1907]; #21 - Fortress Lake [1907]; #22 - [Fortress Lake (1907)] (unmounted); #23 - Fortress Mt. [1907]; #24 - Fortress Lake at Head of Athabasca R[iver] [1907]; #25 - Forest fire on the Athabasca [1907]; #26 - [Sid Unwin with burnt tent 1907]; #27 - [Mary Schaffer cooking over campfire (1907?)] / [Mollie Adams?]; #28 - Athabasca, Columbia in distance [camp scene 1907?]; #29 - Columbia from the North [1907]; #30 - [Packtrain near north side of Mt. Columbia 1907]; #31 - [Mt. Columbia from the north 1907?]; #32 - [Alexandra River and Glacier 1907; #33 - Gable Peak, Alexandra Glacier, Nahan-esen [Alexandra] Valley [1907]; #34 - [Watchman's Lake, 1907?]; #35 - On Thompson Pass Nashan-esen [Watchman's] Peak & Lake [1907]; #36 - Nashan-esen [Watchman's] Peak fr. Thompson Pass '07; #37 - [Horses at Watchman's Lake, 1907]; #38 - Bush Valley [from Thompson Pass, 1907]; #39 - [Packtrain] On the Brazeau [1907]; #40 - [Snowscene] On the Brazeau [1907]; #41 - [Tepee poles (on the Brazeau River?) 1907]; #42 - On Jonas Pass [1907]; #43, 44 - [Packtrain on Jonas Pass, 1907?]; #45 - [Packtrain on unidentified pass, 1907?]; #46 - Mt. Coleman [1907?]; #47 - Cataract Creek at junction with Saskatchewan [1907?]; #48 - A smudge where our horses were soon at peace in the choking smoke (p.167) [Packhorses in smudge on Kootenay Plains, 1907]; #49 - Kadoona Mountain [Elliott Peak] at the western limitation of the Kootenai Plains (p.172), 1907; #50 - [Stoney Indigenouss at Kootenay Plains, 1907]; #51 - The Indigenous Madonna (p.177) 1907; #52 - Mr. [Elliott] Barnes crossing Sask. River in canvas canoe [1907?]; #53 - Sampson's Map '08 [1907] (p.183); #54 - Climbing salt lick banks at Glacier Lake [1907?]; #55 - Outfit of 1908 (p.203); #56 - Mr. Muggins [1908] (p.210); #57 - On the High Hill below Wilcox Pass [1908] (p.221); #58 - Mt. Athabasca [1908] (p.223); #59 - Fourth of July on Poboktan 1908; #60 - Poboktan Pass [1908]; #61 - Lake Maligne fr. summit of Unwin 1908 (p.241) / [Sid Unwin]; #62 - Beaver cuttings on Maligne L. [1908]; #63 - Beaver cuttings on Maligne L. [uncoloured]; #64 - Maligne [Lake, 1908]; #65 - Above the Narrows in Maligne [Lake, 1908]; #66 - Looking back at the "Narrows" of Lake Maligne [1908]; #67 - Mt. Charlton at Head of Maligne [Lake, 1908] (p.255); #68 - Mt. Unwin from Camp [Maligne Lake, 1908]; #69, 70 - [Camp at Maligne Lake, 1908]; #71 - Maligne [Lake] Evening Reflections [1908]; #72 - Looking for goat while baking bread. Camp at lower end of Maligne Lake [1908]; #73 - Swimming the horses at the mouth of Maligne [Lake, 1908]; #74 - [Building a raft at mouth of Maligne Lake, 1908]; #75 - [Rafting equipment at mouth of Maligne Lake, 1908]; #76 - Maligne Valley - East 1908; #77 - Poboktan Pass [1908]; #78 - Looking down the Athabaska near Mt. Hardisty [1908]; #79 - Mt. Hardisty and Athabaska River [1908]; #80 - Mt. Hardisty [1908] (p.291); #81 - Mt. Hooker (p.292); #82 - Committee's Punchbowl (p.295); #83 - [Packtrain on the (Athabasca?) (1908?)]; #84 - Over a 20 ft. Bluff [on the Athabasca, 1908]; #85 - Over a 20 ft. Bluff [on the Athabasca [uncoloured]; #86 - [Horse going over bluff on the Athabasca] 1908; #87, 88 - [Horse going over bluff on the Athabasca 1908]; #89 - [Crossing the Athabaska (in a canoe) 1908] (p.321); #90 - Horses swim Atha[basca] 1908; #91 - Swimming the Athabaska [1908]; #92 - [(Lewis Swift)? 1908]; #93 - The Swift Family [Mrs. Lewis Swift and four children 1908]; #94 - [Mrs. Lewis Swift and four children in front of their home, 1908]; #95 - [One of the Swift children, 1908]; #96 - [Mrs. Lewis Swift and four children, 1908]; #97 - Swift's mill for flour [1911] / [Byron Harmon]; #98 - Cows at Swifts' [1908]; #99 - Looking toward Yellowhead Pass Athabaska River - Miette Valley 1908] (p.302); #100 - A bad bit of trail on Miette [1908]; #101 - Miette R[iver] Looking West [1908]; #102 - Moose Lake [1908]; #103 - A bit of trail on the Fraser [1908]; #104 - [Mount Robson, 1908] (p.337); #105 - [Mount Robson, 1908]; #106 - Mt. Robson from Mt. near Tete Jaun Cache 1909; #107 - Near the head waters of the Fraser [1908] (p.339); #108 - Sunset on Fraser near [Tete Jaune] Cache [1908]; #109 - The Fraser at Tete Jaune Cache [1908]; #110 - - 111 Tete Jaun Cache [1908]; #112 - At the Fraser in 1908 [Indigenous in dugout canoe] (cover & p.346); #113 - At the Fraser in 1908 [Indigenous in dugout canoe] [uncoloured]; #114 - [Worn out boots, 1908] (p.360); #115 - [Worn out boots, 1908] [uncoloured]; #116 - Outline map of section of Canadian Rocky Mountains visited during 1907 and 1908; #117 - Section map of Canadian Rocky Mountains by J. Norman Collie, FRGS; #118 - [Map of] Headwaters Of The Athabaska; #119 - Athabaska near Hinton looking towards Smoky R. [1911]; #120 - In the foothills of the Athabaska [1911]; #121 - The "Rocky Road" in the Yellowhead, 1911; #122 - Crossing Athabaska Ferry. 1911; #123 - Teamsters on G.T.P. highway at Jasper House 1911; #124 - On the line of the G.T.P. 1911; #125 - Colliery House at Fiddle Creek 1911; #126 - Jasper House ruins Roche Miette 1911; #127 - [Graveyard at Jasper House, 1911]; #128 - On Shovel Pass [1911]; #129 - [Shovels on Shovel Pass, 1911] [unmounted]; #130 - Making a trail in spring [on Shovel Pass] 1911; #131 - Jonas & the boat on Shovel Pass 1911; #132 - Crossing Shovel Pass 1911; #133 - Trouble on Shovel Pass 1911; #134 - Maligne Gorge 1911; #135 - [Paul Sharpless with dead goat at Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #136 - [Three people in boat on Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #137 - [Man rowing boat on Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #138 - [Boat on Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #139 - The Opal Hill. [Mrs. Carrie Sharpless and Paul Sharpless with boat on the shore of Maligne Lake, 1911]; #140 - Outlet of Maligne, 1911; #141 - [Mt.] Unwin in mist [1911]; #142 - Mts. Unwin & Charlton from lower end of lake, 1911; #143 - Mount Unwin [with boat on Maligne Lake], 1911; #144 - In Pixie Valley, 1911; #145 - [Paul Sharpless and Sid Unwin?] Looking up Pixie Valley [1911]; #146 - A glimpse of Mt. Charlton at the head of Pixie Valley, Maligne [1911]; #147 - The "Statue" at Maligne Lake, 1911; #148 - Summit of "Statue" [1911]; #149 - [Paul Sharpless, Carrie Sharpless & tepee at Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #150 - - 151 [Mary Schaffer with horse, n.d.] / [ ? ]; #152 - [Mary Schaffer crossing makeshift bridge, n.d.] / [ ? ]; #153 - "Joe" and his big trout, n.d.; #154 - [1 person and dog fording stream on horseback, n.d.] [b & w]; #155 - [Camp in burnt timber, 1907 or '08]; #156 - [Camp in downed timber, 1907 or '08]; #157 - Real trail life Jumping a high trunk [1907 or '08]; #158 - [Packtrain on the trail, 1907 or '08]; #159 - [Person on top of unidentified mountain, n.d.]; #160 - - 161 [Unidentified mountain panorama, n.d.]; #162 - [Unidentified mountain scene, n.d.]; #163 - [Person beside unidentified mountain lake, n.d.]; #164 - [Unidentified river, n.d.]; #165 - [Unidentified mountain pass, n.d.]; #166 - [View from unidentified glacier, n.d.]; #167 - [Mountain reflections in unidentified lake, n.d.]; #168 - [Unidentified canyon, n.d.]; #169 - [Unidentified mountain and valley, n.d.]; #170 - Peyto Glacier [n.d.]; #171 - [Unidentified river, n.d.]; #172 - [Unidentified mountain scene, n.d.] [unmounted]; #173 - [Forest fire, n.d.] [unmounted]; #174 - [Unidentified mountain snow scene, n.d.] [unmounted]; #175 - [Unidentified mountain & lake, n.d.] [unmounted]; #176 - [Large rock in unidentified lake, n.d.] [unmounted]; #177 - Forest fire [n.d.]; #178 - [Forest fire, n.d.]; #179 - [Tepee, n.d.]; #180 - [Tepee in darkness, n.d.]; #181 - [Packer unloading drowned horse, n.d.]; #182 - [Packer unloading drowned horse, n.d.]; #183 - [Packtrain in large boulders beside river, n.d.]; #184 - - 185 [Packtrain silhouetted on ridge at dusk, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #186 - [Packtrain in snow, n.d.]; #187 - Feeding in a snowstorm [n.d.]; #188 - [Saddlehorse on ridge, n.d.]; #189 - [Packtrain fording river, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #190 - [Packtrain in snow, n.d.]; #191 - [Trail camp, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #192 - [Jim Simpson & unidentified man packing a horse, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #193 - [Horses at Kootenay Plains, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #194 - [Man herding horses, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #195 - [Packtrain on road through forest, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #196 - [Group of trail riders in (Yoho Valley?), n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #197 - [Man on horseback beside falls, n.d.] / [Canadian Pacific Railway]; #198 - Dead mountain sheep. [n.d.]; #199 - Collection of sheep heads [n.d.]; #200 - Jims [Simpson's] shack on Bear Creek [Mistaya River] [n.d.]; #201 - Jim's [Simpson's] outfit - sables [n.d.]; #202 - Birch leaved spiraea; #203 - Primula McCallian MacCalla's Primula; #204 - Saxifraga oppositifolio; #205 - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi; #206 - Pink Heather Phyllodoce intermedia; #207 - Eleagnus argentea; #208 - Androsace; #209 - Lutkea pectinata; #210 - Romanzoffia Sitchensis / [William H. Rau]; #211 - Phacelia; #212 - Alene aeoulis Yoho 7.21.05; #213 - Coming storm on Lake Louise - C.P.R. 7/29/95 / M.T.S.; #214 - Lake Louise photog. party mounting / 99 / M.T.S.; #215 - Fem & Rubus pedatus / 98 Glacier; #216 - Sir Donald & Illecillewaet Glacier fr. Mt. Abbott 9/5/98; #217 - Mount Stephen & Cathedral Peak from Kicking - Horse Flats, [n.d.]; #218 - Sunlight beyond Cougar; fr. 30 S.S. 9/11/95; #219 - Ross Peak Glacier [n.d.]; #220 - Fern Glacier 9/14/96; #221 - Glacier Mountain and Hotel, from 19 snowshed / William H. Notman; #222 - Ross Peak [n.d.] / [ ? ]; #223 - Panoram of Sir Donald etc. fr. Glacier Crest 9/8/98; #224 - Cheops & Hermit range fr. W. end of 2nd bridge Mai's position Glacier 9/15/92; #225 - Trout. Glacier, B.C. Canada. [n.d.] / [Dr. Chas. Schaffer]; #226 - Cheops: Glacier: CPR 9.13.91; #227 - "Trail" Glacier; Foot Illecillewaet Glacier, 1898; #228 - Along the Blaeberry [n.d.]

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Lecture slides

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides, mostly copied from prints from a lecture on the early history of Banff town development and Canadian Pacific Railway hotels, including the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Glacier House

Date Range: 1883-1912

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 229 to 261

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.A. Photographs: lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V527

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 229 to 261

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1883-1912

Physical Description: 33 photographs : transparencies; glass

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides, mostly copied from prints from a lecture on the early history of Banff town development and Canadian Pacific Railway hotels, including the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Glacier House

Finding Aid: Copy prints are available for reference use

Location (Copy): Reference prints are available

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :; #229 - [George Stewart's log building at Siding 29]; #230 - [McCardell with the first "hotel" at the Cave and Basin, 1883]; #231 - [General store at Siding 29 / Bingham]; #232 - [Man with cow on Banff Avenue, 1886]; #233 - [Man with cow on Banff Avenue, 1886] - hand-coloured; #234 - [NWMP at police barracks in Banff]; #235 - [Group of people in front of Moulton Park Theatre]; #236 - [Bathhouse at Upper Hot Springs]; #237 - [Log bath house at Upper Hot Springs]; #238 - [Early bathers in basin pool at Cave and Basin]; #239 - [Early Banff from Beaver Street]; #240 - Banff Hotel and the mountain drive from Summit Mt. [view from Tunnel Mountain by Mary Schaffer]; #241 - [Jim Brewster with tally-ho in Banff Springs Hotel courtyard]; #242 - Hotel & Hermit fr. Glacier Trail. Snow. 9/20/95; #243 - [Early chalet at Lake Louise / Trueman & Caple]; #244 - Lady Aberdeen at Chalet sketching Lake Louise, Rockies, CPR, Oct 18/94; #245 - [Banff Springs Hotel, construction of center tower, ca.1912]; #246 - [Swimmers at Cave and Basin]; #247 - Winter bathing at the hot srings; #248 - [Early Banff Ave.]; #249 - [Group in front of unidentified Banff building]; #250 - [D.C. Baynes; Banff school class, ]; #251 - [View of Banff in winter from rooftop, looking towards Mt. Norquay]; #252 - [View of Banff in winter from rooftop, looking towards Mount Rundle]; #253 - [Banff Livery with sleighs in front]; #254 - [Banff Springs Hotel]; #255 - [Banff Springs Hotel and Bow Valley]; #256 - [Unidentified Indigenous man on Banff Ave.]; #257 - [Two Unidentified Indigenous people on horseback at Banff Indian Days camp near Cascade Mountain]; #258 - [Curling on backwater of Bow River]; #259 - Cutting ice on Bow River at Banff; #260 - Upper Hot Springs [in winter]; #261 - Tobogganing at Banff

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Children's Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 seperate series of coloured, machine printed lantern slides: PS-1 to PS-12 is a collection made by Gebruder Bing, Nurnberg (GBN Bavaria), Decalcomania, Germany. [1] How to kill an annoying mosquito [2] An awful accident in the snow [3] A naughty boy deserves to be punished... …

Date Range: [ca. 1895]

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PS - 1 to PS - 19

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Lantern slide; Transparency

19 images

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PS - 1 to PS - 19

GMD: Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1895]

Physical Description: 19 photographs : col. slides ; 22.5cm x 6.5 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 seperate series of coloured, machine printed lantern slides:; PS-1 to PS-12 is a collection made by Gebruder Bing, Nurnberg (GBN Bavaria), Decalcomania, Germany. [1] How to kill an annoying mosquito [2] An awful accident in the snow [3] A naughty boy deserves to be punished... [4] Father Christmas brings you sweets [5] Open your mouth please [6] A Nosey parker [7] A day in the life of a girl [8] Children's games [9] Where do the little children come from? [10] The daily routine of the foxes [11] The frog family takes a bath [12] Animalworld; PS-13 to PS-18 is a collection called Artistic Series No. 1 made by Gebruder Bing, Nurnberg (GBN Bavaria), Declcomania, Germany. [13] Caricature (slide 2 in original order) [14] Pig and Dwarf (slide 5 in original order) [15] The Rider's Misfortune (slide 6 in original order) [16] Children's Quarrel (slide 7 in original order) [17] The Clowns and the Bottle (slide 11 in original order) [18] The Long Nose (slide 12 in original order); PS-19 decpicts 5 caricature faces with the maker's mark obscured by a large crack.

Notes: Accompanying the slides was a slide box; white with a green removable lid. The box is made of thin cardboard and has wooden supports inside that hold the slides apart from one another. The box is in poor condition, with much of the top layer of white and green paper scratched, stained, and peeled off, especially around the corners. There are no distinguishing marks on or in the box.

Subject Access: Lantern slide; Children; Education; Entertainment

Language: N/A

Conservation: Slides cleaned prior to scanning. Repair binding tape where needed; reinforce slides with flaking images.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Children's Coloured Lantern Slides

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Scope & Content: Series contains 35 children's magic lantern slides done in colour, machine-printed rather than hand-painted. There are 4 distinct grouping of the slides: 2019.88-1-12 depict the story "The Transvaal War" [manufactured in 1895?]. Each slide has 3 seperate images with black borders and are numbered s…

Date Range: [c.1895]

Reference Code: V8 / 2019.88 / PS - 1 to PS - 35

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

35 images

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number : 2019.88

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2019.88

Reference Code: V8 / 2019.88 / PS - 1 to PS - 35

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c.1895]

Physical Description: 35 photographs : col. slides ; 6.5 x 22.5 cm

History / Biographical: The Ernst Plank Company (EP) was located in Nerumberg, Germany and operated from 1866 until 1930. The company was known for their production of copper and tin toys, specifically stationary and locomotive toy steam engines and carriages, they also produced a variety of magic lanterns and lantern slides. When they first began producing lantern slides, the standard shape of a slide was a square piece of glass about 8cm x 8cm and, depending on the style of magic lantern being used, may have a wooden frame built around the glass. Styles changed as methods for printing slides and lantern designs advanced – by the 1880’s the wooden frame was removed entirely from the slides and replaced with thin strips of coloured binding tape that protected fingers from the glass edges. Originally, hand painted black silhouette images on glass or wax paper were used to create projected pictures, followed closely by the use of colour paints to create entire scenes. Printed images soon replaced hand-painted slides, allowing for cheaper production and more widespread use. A popular format for commercially manufactured lantern slides was a long piece of glass (usually no more than 23cm long) on which multiple images could be printed in order to tell a smoother story. This allowed for two different kinds of display. The first display has smaller pictures printed in circular or square frames with a solid black border and shown as independent images of a larger narrative with pauses in between. The second display option for these slides is as a panoramic scene with the entire area coloured in (or just with figures displayed like on a stage) so they could seamlessly slide from one side to the other. This long thin kind of slide was ideal for home use and could be easily handled by children. Ernst Plank also produced a toy magic lantern out of lightweight tin that could be lit with a small oil lamp specifically for use by children. Slides meant for that kind of lantern were printed on celluloid or on a single plane of glass with a thin layer of transparent lacquer to protect the image. This created a thinner, more lightweight and less delicate slide ideal for small hands. When a toy magic lantern was purchased it came with 1 or 2 sets (each set consisting of 12 slides) in the lantern’s box, additional sets of a particular theme could be purchased independently. Magic lanterns varied greatly in design and material depending on the use. Professional showmen would have multi-lens lanterns lit by powerful chemicals or high-voltage lightbulbs that would allow them to project clear images onto a large screen for a theater audience. There were also simpler lanterns that could be powered by oil lamps, multi-wick candles, gas lighting, or electricity in the home. One of the most popular themes for slide shows where images from international travel, but domestic scenes, Christmas, and famous historic battles were also very common.

Scope & Content: Series contains 35 children's magic lantern slides done in colour, machine-printed rather than hand-painted. There are 4 distinct grouping of the slides:; 2019.88-1-12 depict the story "The Transvaal War" [manufactured in 1895?]. Each slide has 3 seperate images with black borders and are numbered sequentially so that the showman could keep track. There is no maker's mark, but according to a note placed in the accompanying lantern slide box, this set was made by the Ernst Plank Company. The slides depict protraits of men in various uniforms, battle scenes, and soldiers in uniform. Each silde is bordered with green paper in good condition.; 2019.88-13-16 are unrelated EP slides bordered in red paper of varying condition. 13 has 4 travel images seperated with a black border; 14 is a long slide showing 4 boys in play dress as a marching band; 15 is a panoramic sea scape with ships and a harbour. A section of the coloured glass along the top slightly to the left of centre has been chipped off; 16 is a panoramic pastoral Dutch scene set in the springtime. The supporting glass piece has been badly damaged and is missing on the left end of the slide.; 2019.88-17-28 are all travel scenes with 4 images to a slide seperated with a black border and no maker's mark. The images contain a mixture of people, animals, buildings and temples (mainly made from stone), boats, and landscapes from North America, Africa (with an emphasis on Egypt), and what could be either South America or Eurasia. All slides are bordered in red paper of fair to good condition.; 2019.88-29-35 are unrelated EP slides of various styles bordered in red paper in fair to good condition. 29 depicts 4 caricature portraits with a black border; 30, 32, 34 are long slides with 4 individuals on each that are not seperated from eachother with borders, but are not part of a larger scene; 31, 33, 35 are all panoramic pastoral Dutch scenes set in both springtime and winter.

Notes: Accompanying the slides is what appears to be an original lantern slide box, made of wood and covered in faded purple paper with a steam engine train image on the top and a logo containing the intials "E.P." The logo consists of a 4-spoke wheel with wings on either side and 3 stars above. One short end of the box is missing and the sliding lid is either warped or stuck and does not open. A sticky note placed inside the box states that the green-line lantern slides (2019.88/PS-1 to PS-12) accompanied the box.