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Lantern Slide

MOA: University of British Columbia

3000/53

Lantern slide. Rectangular wooden slide holds a round glass plate at centre, surrounded on one side by a copper ring. Plate shows a coloured image printed on glass of a Japanese cemetery with large white monuments topped by red tiles, surrounded by trees and foliage. A group of three women mourn next to a tomb, in the lower corner.

  • 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, copper metal, paint
  • Measurements height 10.0 cm, width 17.8 cm, depth 0.9 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Thomas Crosby, Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby
  • Received from Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby
  • Made in United Kingdom, England
  • Ownership Date before 1914, before April 17, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on April 17, 2013
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3000/0053

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