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Lantern Slide - 'Help the Blind!' Advertisement, Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, circa 1900 Reg. No: MM 95983

Summary:: One of a set of lantern slides from the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind (RVIB, later Vision Australia), located at 557 St Kilda Road, Melbourne.
Description:: Damaged. Standard format (3¼ x 3¼ inch square) lantern slide, glass with black paper rectangular mask against image under protective glass cover plate; sealed with black paper binding tape around edge.
Description Of Content:: Illustrated advertisement showing image of a man wearing a blindfold with outstretched arms to feel his way; with text above and below.

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	82 mm (Height), 82 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	fundraising, public health, disabilities, disability organisations, visual impairment, advertisements, lantern slides
Themes this item is part of:	Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection
Primary Classification:	MEDICINE & HEALTH
Secondary Classification:	Health Organisations
Tertiary Classification:	fundraising
Inscriptions:	Text image: "HELP the BLIND! / at the Royal VIctorian Institute For the Blind / St Kilda Road. / SEND YOUR DONATION To / The Hon. Treasurer of Appeal, CR. J.W.SWANSON, / F. Leslie Beuford / Hon. Secty For Appeal / LORD MAYOR OF MELBOURNE."
Format:	Lantern Slide: Colour; Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.)
Place & Date Depicted:	Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind (RVIB), Prahran, Victoria, Australia, circa 1900s