Lantern Slide
MOA: University of British Columbia
3000/47
Lantern slide inscribed "Water Mill". Rectangular wooden slide holds a round glass plate at centre, surrounded on one side by a brass ring. A deep grove has been cut horizontally into the wood on the back of the slide, with a small metal clamp opposite. The plate shows a coloured image printed on glass of river with small rapids. A man stands on the bank fishing. Behind him and to either side of the river are bushes, and tall buildings with white or yellow walls and red roofs. A dark sky with clouds and a full moon can be seen at top centre. Stamped in wood: "W.E. & F. Newton / Opticians & Globe Makers to the Queen...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 11.2 cm, width 17.6 cm, depth 1.4 cm (overall)
- 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 3000/0047