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Empty Lantern Slide Box, Probably Belonging to T. C. Keeley

Inventory Number 55629


Item type
Object
Provenance
Probably from the photographic collection of T. C. Keeley
Physical material
Wood
Copper alloy
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 100mm Width: 360mm Depth: 115mm Weight: 638g
Inventory No
55629

Description

Wooden box with a sloping-section lid and a hook fastener. Intended for standard three-and-a-quarter-inch square lantern slides. Empty. The unusual sloping-section lid is identical to the boxes in the Keeley collection, so it is perhaps from that source.