Magic lantern slide with handle (Chromatrope)

France, c. 1880

Object On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Wooden Magic Lantern slide with handle (Chromatrope)

Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Previously on display

22 February 2026

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

manufacturer

E. Mazo

Production places
France
Production dates
c. 1880

Appears in

Group of items

Mechanical magic lantern slides

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO179659

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-02. Play and Illusion → MI-02-C01 → Panel B8

Measurements

110 x 250 x 15mm

Object Types

3D Object

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

wood, ink, glass, metal

Collected

1 times

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