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Box of 58 Lantern Slides of Uganda

Inventory Number 44143


Item type
Object
Provenance
Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire
Primary inscriptions
Embossed on leather handle: 'W. B. & S. Ltd Handy Slide Box ...'
Object type
Lantern slide
Inventory No
44143

Description

Wooden box, with unusual diagonally-cut lid, and leather carrying handle and two metal clasps. Contains 58 3¼-inch square glass lantern slides of Uganda, taken on safari, including landscapes, lakes, the river Nile, anthropological scenes, trees and plants, and one photograph of a western lady breakfasting on the plains (with table, chairs, and table-cloth).