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To start with.....
What exactly is a magic lantern?
Elder people know the answer immediately but some young ones have not the faintest idea where you're talking about. 
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The miracle of the magic lantern.
The history of the magic lantern. The invention. What kind of things did the audience get to see during a performance?
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The
magic lantern in the Netherlands. It is poignant that there has hardly been any research into the use of the magic lantern in the Netherlands until now. In children’s literature from the 19e century as well as descriptions from -for instance- fairs and feasts, the magic lantern is mostly only indirectly mentioned.
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 All about magic lantern slides.
Everything about hand painted slides, decalcomanias, moving pictures, chromatropes and much more.
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A real performance with the
magic lantern. Pay a visit to a Dutch living room at the beginning of the former century. The eldest son Henri is just starting a real magic lantern show. See also: Dissolving Views.
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The mystery of the
wrongly placed
lenses or Is Athanasius really the inventor? Read about the strange pictures in his book.
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 Christiaan Huygens,
the true inventor of the magic lantern.
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The
oldest magic lantern in the world. The oldest magic lantern, as far as we know, is located in..................
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 Discs and drums.or How the Images Learned to Walk. Things worth knowing about 'tropes' and 'scopes', with photos and animations of treasures from the time before cinema. |
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Some
humorous lantern slides for the little Princess.
History of the famous Dutch toy shop of Merkelbach. One of their customers was the little princess Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
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 Phantasmagoria
The Phantasmagoria was a particular application of the magic lantern. The shows can be considered as the ancestors of today’s horror movies.
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