Lantern Slide
MOA: University of British Columbia
3000/45 a-b
Single lever, moveable lantern slide. A rectangular wooden frame holds two round glass plates, one on top of the other, at centre. On the frame’s back right, a large triangular groove is carved into the wood to allow for the up and down movement of a brass handle attached to the rear plate by a brass ring. The front plate shows a coloured, printed image of a winter scene, a woman looking out the front door of her house, bare trees to the right behind a fence. A man in ragged clothes walks by with his small dog. The back plate has a printed image of the man’s arm, hat in hand. When the plate is moved by the lever, it appears that the man is tipping his hat. Stamped into wood is "W.C. Hughes / Optician / 151 Hoxton St / London".
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Narrative
From the collection of the missionary Thomas Crosby, who worked in various places on the Northwest Coast of B.C. from 1863 to 1907.
- Type of Item slide
- Culture English
- Material wood, glass, brass metal, paint, lacquer
- Measurements height 11.3 cm, width 17.8 cm, depth 1.2 cm (part a) height 8.6 cm, width 16.3 cm, depth 0.3 cm (part b)
- Previous Owner Thomas Crosby, Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby
- Received from Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby
- Made in United Kingdom, London
- Ownership Date before 1914, before April 17, 2013
- Acquisition Date on April 17, 2013
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3000/0045 a-b