Magic lantern slide (Lady on a railway carriage)

c. 1890

Object
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Magic Lantern Slide. Guardian angel No6 c1890 photo Victorian railway tunnel

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Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Previously on display

23 February 2025

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

Maker not documented

Production dates
c. 1890

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO179129

Curatorial section

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

Measurements

80 x 80 x 2mm

Object Types

3D Object

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

glass, ink, gum arabic tape

Collected

2 times

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