Lantern Slide Case
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- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- wood; fibre; paper; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1010 a-c
- Description
- Wooden box with slots and padded field case. (a) wooden box, 32.4 x 10.5 x 13.2, 2 hook and eye latches on front. 64 slots with paper board dividers inside. "CAUTION" label inside lid, which reads “NEVER SHOW LANTERN SLIDES IN A STANDARD MOTION PICTURE MACHINE. THIS TYPE OF PROJECTOR WILL BREAK ALL…
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- Title
- Lantern Slide Case
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- wood; fibre; paper; skin; metal
- Description
- Wooden box with slots and padded field case. (a) wooden box, 32.4 x 10.5 x 13.2, 2 hook and eye latches on front. 64 slots with paper board dividers inside. "CAUTION" label inside lid, which reads “NEVER SHOW LANTERN SLIDES IN A STANDARD MOTION PICTURE MACHINE. THIS TYPE OF PROJECTOR WILL BREAK ALL SLIDES SHOWN.” blue pencil writing “55 Slides, 54 neg. ———-“ White paper dot on hinge edge, brass hinges (b) rust brown pressed cardboard box, 36.0 x 11.4 x 16.6, fastened together with brass tacks. 1.5 thick felt padding interior. Leather straps with buckle fasteners running length and width (c) pressed cardboard box, 37.5 x 11.7 x 17.7, lid fastened with staples at ends. Felt padding interior top. A little wear on corner edges. Manufacturer's stamp interior “Manufactured by [ineligible] BOX CO. UNITED OTTAWA, CANADA.” fragments of destination label exterior, “Banff, Alberta.”
- Credit
- Gift of Tom Lonsdale, Banff, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1010 a-c
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