Hello everyone –

 

In the process of clearing storage spaces ahead of the construction crews, I’ve found a cache of old lantern slides that we are happy to donate to a museum willing to put them to good use. 

 

We have almost 2000 slides that were used in the museum’s lecture series (from 1913 to probably the 1950s).  There are black and white images, color images, and hand-tinted ones.  Some are drawings or maps.  Many were bought as sets from the Harvard Tozzer Library.  Many of these images represent very outdated information or stereotypes.

 

We hope to give them all to one lucky institution.  I simply can’t take the time to bundle up a dozen here or there to send off to distant museums.  They are very heavy and of course fragile so pick-up would probably be better than shipping.  For this and other reasons, preference is given to museums in Boston or New England.

 

If you are interested in the whole lot of them, please email or call, details listed below.   Thank you!

 

Here’s the list of slide categories:

 

Lantern Slide Index:

 

Countries:

Germany – 37

Holland – 23

Italy – 25

Scotland – 30

Wales – 1

Czechoslovakia – 17

France – 6

Zanzibar – 1

Africa – 80

Scandinavia – 96

Ireland – 11

Switzerland – 4

Malaysia – 12

Philippines – 21

India (and Ceylon) – 67

Australia – 2

Mexico – 109

Yucatan – 14

Guatemala – 55

Egypt – 49

Brazil – 57

Chile – 28

Colombia – 3

Tibet - 19

Guatemala – 8

Japan/Asia – 90

England – 14

Rocky Mountains, Canada – 7

China – 6

Ecuador – 6

Peru – 8

Venezuela – 19

Antarctica – 1

Uruguay – 6

Bolivia – 4

England – 1

Puerto Rico – 7

Serbia – 3

Lesser Antilles – 32

Jamaica – 11

Cuba - 18

Other countries – 2

 

United States:

Hawaii – 50

California – 6

Utah – 2

Colorado – 6

Washington DC - 7

New Mexico – 75

New York (Indian Dwellings) – 11

New York (Detail from Rotifer Group, American Museum) – 5

Arizona - 5

Misc. States - 14

National Parks – 50

 

Other:

Transportation – 31

Architecture – 19

Whale Drawings – 6

Maps – 27

Space – 17

Animals – 146

Animal Tracks - 2

Fish – 11

Birds – 25

Dinosaurs – 44

Prehistoric Man/Animals/Skeletons/etc. – 38

Gardens – 12

Coral – 34

Trees/Plants/Flowers – 130

Dog Sled – 3

Clouds – 4

Sunset – 39

Ships – 4

Carved Ivory – 8

People – 21   

Lumber – 31

Landscape – 24

Geology – 34

Coal – 23

Oil – 4

Native American - 36

Assorted Miscellany – 39

 

Total Lantern Slides: 1,960

 

 

Lindsey Richardson

Curator of Collections

Boston Children’s Museum

300 Congress Street

Boston, MA  02210

Tel. 617 426 6500 x366

Fax 617 426 1944

www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org