Single slipper lantern slide. A rectangular wooden frame holds two glass plates side by side, one stationary and the other moveable. The stationary plate shows a vibrantly coloured, printed image of two brown kangaroos sitting in a green box that says "Australian meat 6 per pound". A man in striped pants, blue shirt and yellow hat is walking toward them holding a plate of food. Part b is a pane of glass printed at top centre with a black half circle that when moved hides or reveals the heads of the kangaroos. The frame is built to accommodate the moving slide, with a groove in the end of one side for the plate to move into, and a semi-circular finger hole at the edge. Stamped in wood: "W.C. Hughes Optician...London".

Lantern slide of a printed and vividly coloured image of a blacksmith in green, red, white and blue clothing, hammering a horseshoe on an anvil in front of a red fireplace with a wood fire. The background is black. (No frame.)

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.

Double slipper lantern slide. A rectangular wooden frame holds three glass plates side by side: the centre is stationary, the other two moveable. The stationary plate shows a vibrantly coloured, printed image of a clown in three poses, dressed in red, blue and yellow. The background is black. Parts b and c are panes of glass with blotches of black paint carefully placed to intermittently hide elements on the stationary slide as they move past it, allowing the clown to do a cartwheel. The frame is built to accommodate the moving slides, having large grooves in each side for the plates to slide, and semi-circular finger holes which enable the user to grasp the movable slides. Stamped in wood: "W.C. Hughes / Optician...London"

Almost square tapa cloth with geometric patterns in dark and light brown on a medium brown base. Designs are organized into two repeating, vertical halves, each with 5 repeating horizontal rectangular patterns. Each of the ten rectangles are similar, with a thin strip with two horizontal bars at the left side, then 2 squares with cross designs inside, one with a black circle at the centre, followed by two thin rows of diagonal lines in light brown. There are also several thin strips of zigzag lines in light brown running through the other designs. Half of the squares with crosses have a light brown lined background, the other half have a light brown diamond pattern. A dark brown ,heavy cotton border is attached to both side edges; a wooden bar is attached across the back upper edge. Heavy black paper is attached to (but breaking off of) the lower back edge.

Ceremonial bark cloth costume. The garment is a vest, slightly longer in front, completely open along the sides, with narrow shoulders and a deep v-neck at front. On the front a large toucan bird is attached at centre, wings spread to the sides, beak pointing downward. Linear designs have been lightly carved into the beak. To the bird’s sides two smaller beaks are sewn to the cloth, as are groupings of feathers dyed red, yellow and brown, several with seeds at their centre. Yellow and red feathers surround the v-neck. On the back of the garments is a smaller bird, black, with a serrated yellow and black beak and a strip of red and white feathers on the tail. Large, dyed feathers splay outward from the top of the body. Portions of bird beaks surround the creature. On front and back of vest, the bark cloth is heavily painted with zigzag, ‘x’ and other motifs in brown, yellow and red. Small, oval, black and red seeds line the edges and neck of the vest, as well as a decorative strip of feathers near the bottom where additional bark cloth has been sewn to the garment, front and back. Small dyed feathers hang from quills below this strip, while long feathers dangle from the bottom of the vest. These are dyed blue yellow and orange.

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 a Japanese cemetery with large white monuments topped by red tiles, surrounded by trees and foliage. A group of three women mourn next to a tomb, in the lower corner.

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. Image is a round portrait of George Washington in ¾ view, wearing a dark jacket, cravat and wig.

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 mouth of Quebec’s St Charles River, with several small boats floating in the water, a town on the shore and bluff, and a First Nations community with a canoe and tipis in the foreground. Inscriptions: "Pattern / Quebec...Citadel, Chatmere Church, English Cathedral, French Cathedral / Mouth of the St. Charles", Stamped in wood: "W.E. & F. Newton / Opticians and Globe Makers to the Queen / 3 Flest Street Temple Bar / London".

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".