Magic lantern slide (Steam train and men working)

c. 1900-1930

Object On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras

Glass Lantern Slide with black tape and cream paper-based tape. The sepia toned photograph is framed internally by a black oval shaped framed. [Photograph of a steam train and men working]

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Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Previously on display

23 June 2023

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

Maker not documented

Production dates
c. 1900-1930

Appears in

Group of items

Trains and stations slides

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO179263

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-02. Play and Illusion → MI-02-C01 → Panel A4

Object Types

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

glass, ink, gum arabic tape

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