Europe, Mexico, and the United States Lantern Slides, approximately 1890-approximately 1920

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Summary

Title:
Collection of Lantern Slides of Europe, Mexico, and the United States
Dates:
approximately 1890-approximately 1920
Abstract:
This collection contains 84 lantern slides from various photographers and publishers depicting images of Switzerland, England, Mexico, Washington D.C., and New England, as well as some portraits and scenes. Thirty-two of the slides were made by the Art and Travel Company based in Chicago.
Extent:
84 photographs in 2 boxes : lantern slides ; 8 x 10 cm. (3 x 4 in.)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of Lantern Slides of Europe, Mexico, and the United States, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains 84 lantern slides from various photographers and publishers depicting images of Switzerland, England, Mexico, Washington D.C., and New England, as well as some portraits and scenes. Thirty-two of the slides were made by the Art and Travel Company based in Chicago. The slides includes images of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; the rural scenery of New England; murals in the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institute; the Washington Monument; the United States Capitol building; the Liberty Bell; an Eskimo mother and her child; gardens; portraits of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Eliza Allen Clark, W. C. Bryant, and James Whitcomb Riley; two Christmas themed scenes; and working men of African and Chinese descent. Identified photographers and/or publishers represented in this collection include the McIntosh Stereopticon Company; Samuel Townsend; L. Manasse; F. Jay Haynes; Max Platz; B. L. Singley; Hawley C. White; and Underwood & Underwood.

Acquisition information:
Provenance unknown, in library as of 2012.
Arrangement:

The lantern slides are arranged according to the depicted geographic region.

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Note:

Finding aid last updated on March 20, 2015.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Michelle Sanchez.
Date Prepared:
© 2014
Date Encoded:
Machine readable finding aid encoded by Diann Benti in March 2015 .

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Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of Lantern Slides of Europe, Mexico, and the United States, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2129
reference@huntington.org
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