Box CFC Lantern Slides Box 6
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Middle-Breadth Magic Lantern Slides, 1870
File — Box: CFC Lantern Slides Box 6
Identifier: CFC2022.0091.1-6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can...
Dates:
1870
Twelve Magic Lanter Slides, 1890
File — Box: CFC Lantern Slides Box 6
Identifier: CFC2024.0150.1-12
Abstract
The color work in these slides is strong, even after all this time. The titles in the upper left are sometimes obscured by the framing of the glass. Might the glass have been originally without a frame?
Dates:
1890
Narrower Set of La Fontaine Magic Lantern Slides, 1890
File — Box: CFC Lantern Slides Box 6
Identifier: CFC2024.0151.1-12
Abstract
Here is yet another surprise in the experience of collecting fables. In 2019, I found, at the Paris shop of Thierry Corcelle, an intact set of 12 glass magic lantern slides, each presenting two La Fontaine fables with title panels. I was delighted to bring them home with me! Four years later I found this set of twelve La Fontaine magic lantern slides on Ebay. Since we have several sets of such slides, I did some checking and comparing. I was amazed to see that the designs were the same...
Dates:
1890