Magic lantern - Children's games

Children's games.
Magic lantern slides depicting playing children.


Children are playing in summer.......

......and in winter. Two magnificent large glass slides in beautiful colours from a series of twelve, each measuring 24 x 8 cm. The slides have a plain cover glass , the pair bound together by a paper edge. The slides were produced by Ernst Plank (E.P.) c. 1900.
		Home Sweet Home. Happy children dancing in the living room from the 1870's American Mechanics series. Mounted in a wooden frame with the standard slide size about 7" by 4" (18 x 10 cm) overall; the diameter of the picture is about 3 1/4" (8 cm). The label reads 'Youth and Old Age'. The framed motto at the wall reads 'Honesty Industry Sobriety'.
	'Clear the Track!'. Round slide in a mahogany frame made by T.H. McAllister, New York.
	Romantic Victorian glass slide circa late 1890's. Taken from a series entitled 'Selected pictures'. It is labelled "Blindman's Buff" and is set in a mahogany frame. Measures: 7" x 4".
		Skipping boy. Single lever pivoted slide. The frame is made of mahogany; the glass slide is hand painted. The dynamic effect is obtained by moving up and down the moving part of the slide. All measures 7 by 4 inches (or 18 cm x 10 cm).
Two long lantern slides, the last from a series made by Ernst Plank (E.P.).

Boy who spins a top. Mechanical hand-painted magic lantern slide from c. 1880. The frame is made of mahogany. Size: 7 x 3.9 inches (18 x 10 cm).

C. 1905 German. Probably G. Carette & Co. Nuremberg. Decalcomania, sizes c. 7" x 2" (18 x 5 cm).
And this is what happens when the children are put to bed......... Single lever pivoted slide.

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