Magic lantern slide (Moorhouse comet)

France, c. 1908

Object On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras

Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Previously on display

22 February 2026

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

Maker not documented

Production places
France
Production dates
c. 1908

Appears in

Group of items

Astronomical slides

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO183930

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-02. Play and Illusion → MI-02-C01 → Panel B6

Measurements

85 x 100mm

Object Types

3D Object

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

glass, ink, gum arabic tape

Collected

6 times

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