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| On this page you'll mainly find entirely new items. However nearly every day less important modifications and additions take place, which are not mentioned here explicitly. So have also a regular look at pages like Magic Lanterns by manufacturer...., catalogues, like the Junior Lecturer Series and the list of Manufacturers, importers and retailers, that are updated regularly. Other elder pages are regularly revised and if necessary renewed too. | ||
| Aug, 17 2007 |
Prints Paintings, pictures from books, engravings, drawings, and other images depicting the magic lantern. |
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| July, 25 2007 |
Refreshed: Life Models By this we mean the photographic slides on which costumed actors are posed in scenes or on locations to illustrate songs, moral tales, sentimental stories, narratives or other texts. and How Jane Conquest rang the Bell This example of a set of Life Model Slides tells the story of a woman who is placed in a terrible dilemma: to stay at home with her little child that is dangerously ill, or to leave her house and try to save the crew of a ship in flames. |
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| July, 8 2007 |
Advertising slidesAdvertising slides were often loaned or given away to lanternists free of charge from a wide variety of companies. After all those slides were one of the most effective ways of conveying their advertising message to a wide audience in those days. |
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| July, 5 2007 |
 There's Music in the Air. A selection of magic lantern slides on music, musicians and musical instruments. |
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| June, 29 |
Refreshed: Mechanical slides Of all the slides prepared for the magic lantern, those with mechanical effects prove the most interesting to persons of all ages. |
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| June, 20 2007 |
The Dutch Salvation Army
(Leger der Heils) and the magic lantern. The Salvation Army in the Netherlands often made well use of the magic lantern in various ways. It was mobilised in numerous demonstrations and meetings. 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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Febr, 26 2007 |
Animal Alphabet depicted on magic lantern slides. Not yet completed, but too nice to hold back any longer. |
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| Dec, 19 2006 |
Primus Projection Post Cards Twenty sets of cards for episcopic projection, featuring pictures also used for the slides of the Junior Lecturers Series. |
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Aug, 1 2006
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 Robinson Crusoe by Daniel
Defoe.Probably no other book, apart from the Bible, was published in so many versions of magic lantern slides as Daniel Defoe's famous novel Robinson Crusoe (1719). |
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| July, 6 2006 |
Saint George and the Dragon.
A set of twelve
3.25" slides depicting the legend of the patron saint of England and
patron of the Scouting Movement. |
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| March, 12 2006 | Magic Lanterns, supplied by W. Butcher & Sons Ensign Ltd magic lantern slides - Disney The George Houghton Company had been specializing in the manufacturing of optical devices for almost a century when it decided to launch a series of Disney magic lantern sets under the Ensign Ltd. brand. |
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| Febr, 26 2006 |
The Tiger and the Tub "Mr Long & Mr Short go for a walk.....", a well known opening sentence from a incredible story, told on several sets of magic lantern slides. |
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| Febr, 16 2006 |
Fantoccini Slides Other names for these rare mechanical slides are 'silhouette slides' or 'shadow slides'. A familiar example is the somersaulting monkey. Renewed: Various manufacturers and suppliers, Europe now divided in: Various manufacturers and suppliers, England. Various manufacturers and suppliers, Germany. Various manufacturers and suppliers, France. Various manufacturers and suppliers, Rest of Europe. |
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| Febr, 14 2006 |
 Work for a livingWhat did our ancestors do for a living? A choice of magic lantern slides depicting the livelihood of our grand- and great-grandparents. |
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| Febr, 8 2006 |
Completely refreshed: Magic Lantern Links to many interesting sites on magic lanterns. |
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| Jan, 29 2006 |
Mechanical special effects slides An invisible drawing master, a wheel of live, shady moiré patterns.... |
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| Jan, 28 2006 |
More Dissolving views Effect Slides. Effect slides superimpose a special effect over a scene. Popular effects include rainbows, dreams and visions, fires, and angelic or ghostly apparitions.  ChromatropesA chromatrope uses two discs of glass painted with colourful abstract patterns, which rotate in opposite directions to produce fascinating images on the screen. |
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Dec, 19 2005 |
Improved:
Cinematographs, movies on the magic lantern. |
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| Oct, 22 2005 |
Catalogues All British T Series Each card board box contains a set of 12 magic lantern slides, 3.25 inch (8.2 cm) square. The text on the box reads 'Superior Coloured Slides, 12 in a Box'. |
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| May, 14 2005 |
One upon a time...... Little Red Riding Hood.
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| May 8, 2005 |
 A Carefree Childhood.Lantern slides depicting children.............. and Children's games. Slides depicting the playing child. |
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| Apr. 27, 2005 |
 Improved: 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. More magic lantern slides about the Circus ! |
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| Febr. 12, 2005 |
Disc Slides. Some magic lanterns were able to show not only the 'normal', oblong glass strips, but also disc shaped slides. Favourite subjects were fairy tales, anthropology, caricatures, religious themes and much more. |
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| Jan. 26, 2005 |
Magic Lanterns, W.Watson & Sons. |
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| Jan. 15, 2005 |
Old magic lantern books. Books and booklets filled with interesting historical illustrations and descriptions on the construction and use of the magic lantern. Lantern slides and how to make them. Part 3: Books. |
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| Jan, 14, 2005 |
Magic Lanterns, Newton & Co. Magic Lanterns, Perken, Son & Rayment (Optimus) |
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