Magic Lantern Slides



Prior to movies, magic lantern slides were omnipresent, cutting-edge entertainment. Consequently, the range of materials they covered--from juvenile to adult--was enormous--and often weird.





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Joseph Boggs Beale illo.

Article on Joseph Boggs Beale.

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Collection of slides online.
     Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 05, 2011
     Category: Entertainment | Technology | Nineteenth Century





Comments
WOW - Great find Paul. I absolutely love those old slides. Maybe it is because I am as old as some of them myself. :ahhh:
Posted by yogi in Kennesaw GA on 10/05/11 at 11:02 AM
Glad to be of service, yogi, especially after all your good finds!
Posted by Paul on 10/05/11 at 11:16 AM
Like the collector said, it's amazing how well some of these held up! Color photographs I took in the late 70's & early 80's are fading out even though they were professionally printed & processed and were mounted behind UV film.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/05/11 at 11:30 AM
What a beautiful and very nearly lost art. Thanks Paul.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/05/11 at 07:16 PM
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