Magic lantern set effects slide (Blind man's bluff)

Manchester, United Kingdom, 1864

Object On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Wooden magic lantern set effects slide with lever. When lever is moved upwards and downwards, a boy brushes glue on to a man’s back. Another boy is ready to attach a poster to the back.

Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Previously on display

22 February 2026

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

Production places
Manchester, United Kingdom
Production dates
1864

Appears in

Group of items

Mechanical magic lantern slides

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO179677

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-02. Play and Illusion → MI-02-C01 → Panel A2

Measurements

9.9 x 17.9 (slide only) 20.5 (including lever) x 1.1 cm

Object Types

3D Object

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

wood, glass, ink, metal

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