Lantern Slide Item Number: 3000/79 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Square photographic lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the photo printed on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The photo is in shades of light brown and shows a man in a suit and coat standing beside a line of elevated rectangular boxes, scrub brush in the foreground. Behind is a tall wooden fence. To the far side, in the distance, is a tall hay stack.

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.