print on gery mat board. Depicts horse-drawn parade float with arches, large vase, coat of arms, children riders. Embossed recto caption, bottom left: "Dinkler, Chapman St. Greenfield Mass." Verso inscription, ink: "Sept- 90." Image transfer on verso from platinum print.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W image. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 1. No wood frame. Image is handpainted, but looks like a B&W photograph underneath. It is of a man standing alone in the middle of nature, on the side of a mountain on a cliff, looking up at the sky. There's mountains around him, trees towering over him. The sky is blue with some clouds. Date based on research that shows Edward Van Altena's studio was active during 1890s-1910s. This series part of Life Model Slides. "The most popular slides in Victorian times were 'life model slides', which depicted popular sentimental stories of the day.The slides were produced by arranging actors in costume in front of a painted back drop. Stage props were placed in front of the actors and the scenes from the story were photographed. The slides were often hand tinted with colour and sold in boxes, along with a text to be used as a reading.In particular the temperance movement and political speakers used slides to convert a mass audience." (http://www.driffieldtoday.co.uk/wally-simpkins-look-at-east-riding-history/Shadow-shows-and-magic-lanterns.2696708.jp)

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W image. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 2. No wood frame. Image of covered wagons making their way through the mountains, sky is painted blue and pink. The image is handpainted over a B&W slide.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W image. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 5. Perhaps the fifth one in a series, because the man in the slide is the same man from 2008.001.1303. Image of two men talking by a gate, at what looks to be a ranch. The one man is the dressed in a black suit, holding a briefcase or suitcase, perhaps a doctor. The second man is holding a cowboy hat, and has a beard. The image is handpainted over a B&W slide.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 13 in the series. Heavily painted. Image is of a young boy kneeling next to a deer, with a dog next to him, outside the house. He's next to three tree stumps. There are two other unidentified animals in the scene.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 16 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a young couple holding hands standing on the side of a mountain (?), with more moutains in the distance.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 18 in the series. Printed in BRC of slide "99-68." Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a young woman with blond hair, crouching by a creek with a bucket. You can see her reflection in the water. She is the same woman from slide 16, 2008.001.1311.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 22 in the series.Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man sitting at an easel, that's been set up outdoors, and he's painting a woman standing in nature. The colours are very vivid.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 33 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of three men standing by a fence post, looking off to one side. They don't look happy.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 45 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man and woman. They are next to a machine, possibly a grain grinder. The man looks to be turning a crank on the machine. The woman is sitting behind him, on a fence, with her arms around his shoulders.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 51 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man holding a young boy in his arms. The boy's eyes are closed and the man is looking up to the sky.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 62 in the series. The number 99-183 is scratched into slide, BRC. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted with pinks and blues. Image is of a landscape view of a canyon or pit.

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide - image framed in black and gold. Handwritten in ink "heidelberg" on slide. Landscape with bridge, water, with town in mountains. Wood frame has a sticker on it with the letter Y written inside.

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide. Handwritten in pencil on the wood frame is "Stolzenfels on the Rhine." Handwritten on a sticker in ink "Stolzenfels on the Rhine." Landscape image of a lake with a town and a castle - that of Stolzenfels - in the hills.

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide. Sticker on wood frame with the letter Y written on it. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the slide "5229 Pont of Dome de Cologne." Image is of a floating bridge with the Dome of Cologne in the background, looks to be scaffolded like it's still being built.

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide. Sticker on wood frame with the letter Y written on it. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the slide "4123..." the rest of inscription is impossible to decipher. Image is of a mountain and glacier.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold paint? Handwrtten in ink on a sticker on the glass "1771 Prebischtor cote ouest (Suisse - Saxonne)" and in print "Oelschlaeger Bros., 88, Fulton Street (New York)." Image is of a rock/natural bridge in mountains, it is called the Prebischtor or the Pravcicka Gate.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Sticker on slide in print "Levy & Cie. Succes de Perrier Pere File & Soulier - Paris," and handwritten in ink "Cablentz" (?) Difficult to read. Image is of a seaside town with a boat in foreground. Sticker on wood frame with a Y.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Sticker on wood frame of a Y. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the glass "750 Panorama…" the rest has been reased by water damage or moisture. Image is of a town view, with a street and church spires in background and the town clock.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold paint. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the glass slide is "335. Cascade de Cerni" (sp?) in french. A sticker with Y on wood frame. Image is of a waterfall or cascade and moutain. Location is unknown as it is difficult to read the name.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Remnants of handwritten note in ink on a sticker on the glass slide, unreadalbe. Sticker on wood frame of a Y. Stickers are miscoloured and faded yellow. Image is of the front of a mansion, with a statue of a man facing the house, with a long yard and trees.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the glass slide is "7681 Ruines de l'Hotelerie a Pompei" in french, and on a sticker on the wood "Ruins of the Hotelerie Egypt Pompeii." Handwritten on the wood frame in pencil "Ruins of the Hotellerie Pompei." Image is of ruins (walls), with a mountain in the background.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Sticker on wood frame with a Y. Black with gold lettering "C.T. Milligan, Magic Lantern Manuf'r No. 728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa." Image of a dirt road with ruins (walls and a turret).

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Sticker on wood frame with a Y. Black with gold lettering "C.T. Milligan, Magic Lantern Manuf'r No. 728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa." Image of a field with a stone wall, and ruins of walls, with arched doorways or openings.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Sticker on wood frame with a Y. Black with gold lettering "Statuary, Etc. 5. The Water Carrier. Excelsior Lantern Slide Woodbury Patent American Photo. Relief Printing Co. Philadelphia." Image of a statue of a boy with a water jug, in a garden. A note about the date: [after 1910] because research showed that The Excelsior company was active in the 1910s.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Paper on glass "J. Levy & cie Succrs de Perrier Pere Fils & Soulie - Paris." Sticker with Y on wood frame. Image of a town at the side of a river. Sailboats, church, other buildings.

Lantern slide, glass slide in thinner wood frame. Image area is circular, though in square glass. Image is hand coloured perhaps from an engraving. Printed on slide "Coming Thro' The Rye" and "Crystal Magic Lantern Slide." Sticker of a Y on frame. Image is of a woman and a man embracing, the man kissing the woman, a field behing them. It is an illustration representing the poem "Coming Thro' The Rye" by Robert Burns (1759-1796), composed 1796.

Lantern slide, glass slide in wood frame. Image area is circular as is the hole in the wood frame. Illustration is hand painted onto the glass. Printed on a sticker on wood frame "Express Train - Railroad Bridge by Moonlight." Illustration of a railway bridge over water, with a forest behind and the moon above. Unable to find reference to title on slide.