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Box of 61 Lantern Slides of Entomological, Zoological and Botanical Subjects

Inventory Number 62996


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.62996

Item type
Object
Provenance
Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire
Primary inscriptions
Box inscribed in modern hand 'Lantern Slides' and 'A.H.N.S. Slides' [error for ANHS]
Object type
Lantern slide
Inventory No
62996

Description

Card box (originally for record cards). Contains 61 3¼-inch square glass lantern slides, mostly of butterflies and moths, but also including fish and botanical subjects, especially seeds; they include photomicrographs, and one hand-written slide. Many are by Flatters, Milborne & McKechnie Ltd., Longsight [Manchester].