Lantern Slide Item Number: 3000/69 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Square lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the image painted on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The colour, circular image shows a distressed elderly woman in a shawl with a little boy and girl looking out a red-curtained window at a man in a coat and top hat walking away through greenery under a blue sky. The fifth slide in a series of nine. Paper label on one corner with a large red number "5".
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
- 3000/0069