LANTERNS
Sorts of magic lanterns
Special magic lanterns
Accessories
A division into manufacturers
Miscellaneous

Sorts of magic lanterns


An -in advertence abortive - attempt to divide magic lanterns into categories.
Common magic lanterns
Special magic lanterns
Very special magic lanterns
Several sorts of magic lanterns


Cinematographs, movies on the magic lantern
Manufacturers reacted to the rivalry of the motion picture by making magic lanterns that were able to show moving films too.

Biunials, double mahogany and brass magic lanterns
Genuine biunials are quite rare nowadays. They are much sought after by collectors and by every self-respecting modern lanternist.

Episcopes and epidiascopes
An epi(dia)scope is a magic lantern that is able to project (also) opaque images and three-dimensional objects.

Filmstrip lanterns
From c. 1890 some magic lanterns were produced for the use of translucent celluloid filmstrips.

Ceramic Lanterns
Ceramic lanterns are magic lanterns that have a ceramic body, mostly decorated with colourful floral motives. Because of their vulnerability, they are very scarce nowadays.
 

Special magic lanterns

The Youth's Companion
Perry Mason's Ideal Magic Lantern as a premium for the readers of a widely read American youth magazine.

A complete magic lantern outfit
The perfect birthday present for father and son, around 1900.

A Magic Lantern set, made by Ernst Plank, Germany
This special version of Ernst Plank's 'Climax' for the U.S.A. and the United Kingdom was called the 'Brass Climax' (1890).

Mickey Mouse Magic Lanterns.
Mickey Mouse magic lantern outfit
The British Ensign ltd produced this toy lantern and slides, based on the early Mickey Mouse, Silly Symphonies and feature-length cartoons.
 
Mickey Mouse toy lantern outfit
Actually the body is a common portable battery flashlight. An attachment transforms the torch into a magic lantern.
 


Accessories

Parts and accessories
Besides his magic lantern and a good amount of slides, a lanternist in the nineteenth century needed a lot of other helpful articles when he had to illuminate a lecture with his lantern slides.

Light in the darkness
From candle to electric bulb. Different light sources that have been used in the magic lantern.

 


A division into manufacturers

Germany:
Gebrüder Bing  G.B.N or B.W.
Georg Carette & Co.  G.C.Co.N.
Max Dannhorn  M.D.
Johann Falk J.F.
Ernst Plank  E.P.
Jean Schoenner  S.N. or J.S.


France:

Louis Aubert
Lapierre

Great Brittan:

W. Butcher & Sons
W.C. Hughes
Newton & Co.
Perken, Son & Rayment. (Optimus)
Walter Tyler
Ensign Ltd.
W. Watson & Sons

USA:
McAllister

Miscellaneous.
Various manufacturers and suppliers, England.
Various manufacturers and suppliers, Germany.
Various manufacturers and suppliers, France.

Various manufacturers and suppliers, Rest of Europe.
Various manufacturers and suppliers, U.S.A.
Various manufacturers and suppliers, Various and unknown.




Miscellaneous

Gale Wollenberg, a modern magic lantern builder
A magician by avocation, a tool maker by trade; Gale Wollenberg is the builder of many beautiful replica's of antique magic lanterns.

Build your own Laterna Magica
A pre-punched cut out for a real working magic lantern with battery operated light source.


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