Magic lantern slide (Medical drawing of nerves in brain)

c. 1910

Object On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Black and white magic lantern slide c.1910

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Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

On display until

22 February 2026

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

Maker not documented

Production dates
c. 1910

Appears in

Group of items

Hand drawn medical slides

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO179890

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-02. Play and Illusion → MI-02-C01 → Panel B1

Measurements

82 x 82 x 2 mm

Object Types

2D Object

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

glass, ink, gum arabic tape

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