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Slide, Magic Lantern

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Title
Slide, Magic Lantern
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  
Subject / Keywords
  • Toys  
  • Entertainment  
  • Lanterns  
  • Slide transparency  
  • Lantern slide  
  • Magic lantern  
  • Glass slide  
  • United States  
Temporal Coverage
1850/1900
Collection Publisher
Early American Museum
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
1986.134.0001op
Date Created
2-24-2003
Collection Title
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
TitleSlide, Magic Lantern
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  
Subject / Keywords
  • Toys  
  • Entertainment  
  • Lanterns  
  • Slide transparency  
  • Lantern slide  
  • Magic lantern  
  • Glass slide  
  • United States  
Temporal Coverage1850/1900
Collection PublisherEarly American Museum
RightsCopyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier1986.134.0001op
Date Created2-24-2003
Collection TitleTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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