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Animal Alphabet depicted on magic lantern slides part 2 |
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Mammoth
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 One of a series of lantern slides in a wooden frame, showing extinct animals. This one of a large mammoth. The slide measures about 4 ¼ inches high x 7 inches wide (18 x 10 cm); the circular glass measures about 3 5/8 inches in diameter The basic image is a black & white lithograph that was hand coloured. The slide is stamped with the manufacturer’s imprint: THEO. J. HARBACH MANUFAC’R & IMPORT Magic Lanterns & Views 809 Filbert St., Phila. Pa. |
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Monkey
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 A very naughty monkey! The hand painted glass slide represents a monkey stealing a distinguished lady's hat and wig, thus revealing her bold head. Size: 7 x 4 inches (18 x 10 cm). |
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is for Nightingale .....
The Nightingale wishes us a good night on this Motto Slide. Motto slides hold a short message or greeting, mainly used by the lanternist to welcome his audience or to say good-bye to them, but also to urge them to behave themselves (‘Silence !’). You'll find more motto slides here. Size: 8.2 x 8.2 cm. Manufacturer unknown. |
is for an
Owl
with chickens
...A set of nine magic lantern slides. |
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| Taking liberties | The capture | Before the Beak | Being drawn out |
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| Even more so | A limit to all things | The bereaved parent takes to town life | And confounds the critics |
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Parrot
.....This wonderful hand painted mechanical slide in a wooden frame is titled 'The New Parrot'. The parrot turns round and round while his mistress tries to soothe it. The slide has two movements, first the rackwork mechanism that makes the parrot revolve, and second a pivoting glass that moves the lady's hand up and down. The slide measures 7" x 4" (18 x 10 cm). |
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Polar Bear
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Polar bears give some explorers a fright. They react by shooting the mother down. Size: 2.5 x 8 inches. |
Hunting for polar bears. Size: 6,9 inch (17,5 cm) x 3,7 inch (9,5 cm). |
is for
Quasipeepel
..... These peculiar animals that are wrapped in clothes nowadays only live in Quasiland. |
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Riding horse
.....Standard American 3.25" x 4" glass magic lantern slide. The monochrome rendering of a dandy on a horse, espying his beloved, is fitted in a rectangular matte with rounded corners. The label on the back reads: "Joy. He sees his Angelina turning the corner." Obviously one of a series of slides, probably a love story. |
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Rhinoceros
..... which is depicted on the first picture of this long magic lantern slide. |
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Sheep
.....Beautiful coloured pastoral scene with sheep, #27 in an unknown set. A hand-written label on front reads "1- Ninety & Nine", "27.". There are at least two black sheep in the family. |
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...... and also for a
Snake
..... A very huge snake after all, a serpent, that is pictured on the last slide of the series ' Adventures with wild beasts', a series of twelve magic lantern slides made by Theobald & Co., England. This last slide has the title '12. Natives attacked by a Boa Constrictor'. |
 And this is a slide from part 755 of the Junior Lecturers Series, NATURAL HISTORY SLIDES, REPTILES, Chapter II. |
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Tiger .....
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| 'The Tiger and the Tub" is one of the favourites of lanternists and spectators. This improbable but amusing story is published in a lot of versions. | |
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Unicorn
.....A unicorn is a mythical animal resembling a horse but bigger in size and having a long, single horn growing from the middle of its head. This 8 x 8 cm lantern slide depicts an old anecdote that describes how a unicorn was tricked into thrusting its horn into a tree trunk, after which the animal was easily subdued and captured. Normally the animal is very difficult to approach and can only be tamed by the touch of a virgin. This is the last slide (#6) from a set about the fairy tale of The valiant little Taylor. |
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Vulture
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I discovered that it was far from easy to find an animal
whose name started with a V in English. Vole, viper, vampire bat, I found. Not
so much choice. And after that the second search started, which had to
go to a magic lantern slide with such an animal pictured on it. Finally
I found this slide that shows an Arabian man who is attacked by...... a
Viper! |
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Whale
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 This wonderful slide is made by the famous manufacturers W.E. & F. Newton, 3 Fleetstreet, London.
It is set in a wooden frame that has two times the name of the maker printed in it.It shows a whale hunt at sea and.... oohhh how silly, the whale does not co-operate.  |
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Wolf
..... In stories and fairy tales the wolf is almost always a malicious creature. And who is thinking of a wolf is automatically thinking of 'Little Red Riding Hood'. One of a set of twelve square magic lantern slides. |
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is for the
X-animal
.....  A 19th century hand painted English magic lantern slide with single slip mechanism. Sizes: 18 cm x 10 cm or 7" x 4". |
X is our mystery guest. What
creature creeps out off the egg that the professor is examining? The solution is at the foot of this page.  |
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Zebra
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 The slide above is made by Barnard and Son, London (1843-1900s). These slides are known as 'Patent Enamel Slides'; the slides were fired after application of the transfer picture. The complete mahogany mounted set features various animals and measures 18 x 7.5 cm. |
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Solution X-animal: (Rotate your monitor 180 degrees or bring yourself in a handstand position.)  |
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