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Magic Lantern Curtain Slide and Panoramic Carrier, with box and five paper notes

Inventory Number 60012


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.60012

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
On inside of box lid "W. WATSON & SONS, 313 High Holborn. London. / Manufacturers of HIGHEST CLASS OPTICAL LANTERNS / Lantern Slide Publishers / Awarded - 38 Gold and other Medals at the principal Exhibitions of the World - including 5 Highest Awards Chicago, 1893, being for "FINE FINISH of LANTERN SLIDES."
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 35mm Width: 350mm Depth: 135mm Weight: 0.35kg
Inventory No
60012

Description

Davenport's Combined Curtain Slide and Panoramic Carrier, in box, with 5 paper accompaniments. The slide carrier has a wood frame with a roll cover to one half and brass fittings. The slide carrier comes with instruction leaflet, directions for the Imperial Automatic Acetylene Gas Apparatus, and three handwritten card notes. The notes make reference to a Reverend C. B. Longland. The contents are stored in a black card box with inscribed plate to inside of lid.