Lantern Slide Item Number: 3000/55 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Lantern slide (without its frame). Part a is a glass slide showing a printed colour image of a brown and white cat with green eyes, mouth open, leaning on the far side of a yellow table upon which sits a candle and a toy. The background is black. Part b is a glass slide with two small black mice and a black inked area in the top centre. When moved across part a, part b covers or reveals the cat and inserts the mice into the image.
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 United Kingdom ? or England ?
- 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
- English ?
- 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
- United Kingdom ? or England ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before 1914 and before April 17, 2013
- Acquisition Date
- on April 17, 2013
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3000/0055 a-b