http://www.magiclanternshows.com/magiclanternshows.htm
http://www.magiclanternshows.com/magiclanternshows.htm
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My
grandfather Robert Edgerton Carels worked for a company in Philadelphia PA that supplied oxygen for theater lighting.
He acquired a number of the glass slides used in the Magic Lantern shows
(http://www.magiclanterns.org/ , http://www.magiclantern.org.uk/ ) that were popular before motion pictures came on the scene. All the slides are thumbnails and a click will get a larger image. Enjoy. |
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This is a view of the top of the wooden box that holds some of the slides |
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| The slides are divided into 4 sections giving different views as the slide was moved in front of the lens. | Some of the slides have captions below each scene (these are in German) others are just numbered. |
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| Niagara Fall - Der Lorenzoslrom - Niagara Fall -Mammuthohle in Kentuky (spelling as it is on the slide) | Wild life, some of the slides are not in the best of shape but still viewable for the most part. |
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| More Sea Life | More nature slides, these are in pretty good condition |
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| Some of the slides are in sets of 3, but often there are only 1 or 2 of a set. | This was a set of 3 |