Magic lantern - Masonic slides, part 2.

Masonic Slides.
Part 2.

Victor 'Featherweight' slides. The Victor Animatograph Corporation was a manufacturer of projection equipment founded in 1910 in Davenport, Iowa U.S.A. by Swedish-born American inventor Alexander F. Victor. The company was a large producer of lantern slides using their "Featherweight" method: a single pane of glass with a shellac on the opposite side that protects the image, and prevents scratching. Featherweight slides are framed by a cardboard mat giving them the dimensions of 3 ¼ x 4 inch (8 x 10 cm). The slides are notably thinner than most lantern slides of the era, and as a result more fragile and uncommon than those of competing makers. The Featherweight slides were less expensive but produced a high quality image. These are some representative slides from a large set slides for Masonic rituals.







Three square Masonic Knights Templar magic lantern slides labelled: The Pilgrim - Masonic K.T., The Knight - Masonic K.T., and The Penitent - Masonic K.T.
Collection of antique Kansas City Slide Company glass slides. These visually rich slides depict a variety of Bible/Masonic related scenes including historical architecture, biblical narratives, From late 1800's, size: 8.25 x 10.16 cm (American format) and hand-coloured. The Kansas City Slide Company (later known as the Kansas City Film Ad Company) was a pivotal advertising firm in Missouri. Founded in 1915, it is most famously known as the birthplace of Walt Disney’s animation career. The company produced highly detailed hand-coloured glass slides and projection materials used by Masonic lodges and related fraternal organizations.
Complete symbolic sequence of the Masonic Cardinal Virtues, including Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence, Justice, and the rare composite "Four Virtues / Points of Entrance" panel. Original late-19th-century hand-colored glass lantern slides used in lodge instruction and EA Degree lectures.


A complete 4-slide sequence from the Masonic "Tenets" series used in late-19th-century lodge instruction. Includes 12a Brotherly Love, 12b Relief, 12c Truth, and the composite allegory showing all three virtues.


Complete instructional subset from the Masonic Entered Apprentice (EA) Degree lecture. Includes the rare Lodge Floorplan diagram (showing altar, stations, and cardinal directions) and the three classic gate slides: At the South Gate, At the West Gate, and At the East Gate.


A complete 4-slide sequence from the Masonic "Three Grand Masters" series (No. 24). Includes: • 24 — The Three Grand Masters • 24a — King Solomon • 24b — Hiram, King of Tyre • 24c — Master Workman (Hiram Abiff)


		The two Johns. The wooden frame measures 4" x 7" (ca 10 x 18 cm) and the glass has a 3"(7,5 cm) diameter. Label on the side: "Masonic 11-St. John the Baptist, and St. John the Evangelist. The name of the manufacturer is pressed into the wood: "Mc Intosh - Battery and Optical Co. Chicago".

And now something quite different......
How Jones became a Mason. Nine beautiful magic lantern slides from a series of twelve offering a bit of a comic but unreal view of a gentleman who wants to become a Mason and has to submit to the initiatory rituals involved with the Order. The slides are drawn by the famous artist Joseph Boggs Beale and are published by T.H. McAllister from 49 Nassau St. Brooklyn New York. Dated to the late 1800s.

1.	2. At the Lodge entrance.

3. Preparing to take degree.	4. The Oath of Secrecy.

5. Riding the Goat.	6. Climbing the greased pole.

7. Tossed in a blanket.	8. Running the gauntlet.

9.	10. Sitting on a hot gidrilon.

11.	12.

The slides are part of the Economic Series and measure 4" x 3 1/4" (c. 10 x 8 cm).	The set has also been published in a black and white version.