Lantern Slide Item Number: 3000/50 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Lantern slide. Rectangular wooden slide holds a round glass plate at centre, surrounded on one side by a copper ring. Plate shows a coloured image printed on glass of the treaty talks between William Penn, founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, and Tamanend, chief of the Lenape Turtle Clan, near what is now Kensington, Pennsylvania. In the foreground is a group of First Nations and European men exchanging gifts. Behind them are several European style houses amongst trees and foliage. A typed paper label reads: "PENN’S TREATY WITH THE INDIANS, 1782".
Narrative
From the collection of the missionary Thomas Crosby, who worked in various places on the Northwest Coast of B.C. from 1863 to 1907.
Item History
- Made in USA ?
- Owned by Thomas Crosby before 1914
- Owned by Jane Howard and Thomas Taylor Crosby before April 17, 2013
- Received from Jane Howard (Donor) and Thomas Taylor Crosby (Donor) on April 17, 2013
What
Who
- Culture
- American
- Previous Owner
- Thomas Crosby, Jane Howard and Thomas Taylor Crosby
- Received from
- Jane Howard (Donor) and Thomas Taylor Crosby (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- USA ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before 1914 and before April 17, 2013
- Acquisition Date
- on April 17, 2013
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3000/0050