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 a girl in a red dress offering food to a large swan floating in a lake, as well as a second figure of the girl being tossed in the air and devoured by the bird. The background is black. The moveable plate has two carefully placed blotches of black ink that when moved hides or reveals the images of the girl. The frame is built to accommodate the moving slide, having a large groove in the end of one side for the plate to move into, and a semi-circular finger hole at the edge.

Single slipper lantern slide. A rectangular wooden frame holds a single, stationary glass plates (a moveable plate of similar size that would normally be part of this type of object is missing). The stationary plate shows a vibrantly coloured, printed image of a man dressed in blue, red and white with his foot on a small stool, one hand gripping his heel, and the opposite arm shown in two positions: one raised, the other falling, and holding an axe aimed at the foot. The frame has accommodations for a moving slide, with a large groove in the end of one side for the plate to move into, and a semi-circular finger hole at the edge. Inscription: "T. Pamphlet".

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"

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".