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Slide, Magic Lantern

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Descriptive Information

Title
Slide, Magic Lantern
Coverage-Year
1850/1900
Description
A rectangular glass slide with five busts of adults floating in a blue background. The slide is cracked in half.
Interpretation
Magic Lanterns were projectors which made a small, handpainted image project on a large screen. Shows were held in theatres; children had toy magic lanterns as well.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • What's That Relic?
  • Introduction of artifacts as a primary source
  • School Museum
  • Inventions Multimedia Time Line
  • How we learn about communities
  • Communities and Geography
  • American Communities in History
Learning Standards
  • 13 Science, Technology and Society
  • 18 Social Systems
  • 16 History
Resource Type
Still image
Subject / Keywords
  • Toy  
  • Toys  
  • Entertainment  
  • Lanterns  
  • Slide transparency  
  • Lantern slide  
  • Magic lantern  
  • Glass slide  
  • United States  
Collection Publisher
Early American Museum
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
1986.134.0001op
Collection Title
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)  
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
TitleSlide, Magic Lantern
Coverage-Year1850/1900
DescriptionA rectangular glass slide with five busts of adults floating in a blue background. The slide is cracked in half.
InterpretationMagic Lanterns were projectors which made a small, handpainted image project on a large screen. Shows were held in theatres; children had toy magic lanterns as well.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • What's That Relic?
  • Introduction of artifacts as a primary source
  • School Museum
  • Inventions Multimedia Time Line
  • How we learn about communities
  • Communities and Geography
  • American Communities in History
Learning Standards
  • 13 Science, Technology and Society
  • 18 Social Systems
  • 16 History
Resource TypeStill image
Subject / Keywords
  • Toy  
  • Toys  
  • Entertainment  
  • Lanterns  
  • Slide transparency  
  • Lantern slide  
  • Magic lantern  
  • Glass slide  
  • United States  
Collection PublisherEarly American Museum
Rights StatementCopyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier1986.134.0001op
Collection TitleTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)  
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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