Lantern Slide - Miniature Panorama Format, Ernst Plank, Townscape, 1866-1920

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Summary:: Alternative Name(s): Children's Slide; Panorama Magic Lantern Slide

This lantern slide series is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Australian and Victorian Governments in 1975. David Francis was the curator of the National Film and Sound Archive of the British Film Institute as well as being a co-founder of the Museum of the Moving Image in London, which was operational between 1988 and 1999.
Description:: Panorama slide with colour image printed on glass bound with orange paper tape.
Description Of Content:: A townscape including a soldier and dog on the left, people carrying and moving things in the foreground, a train in the background and a yellow building in the background.
Acquisition Information:: Loan & Subsequent Donation from Australian Film Institute (AFI)
Acknowledgement:: Source: Museum Victoria

Discipline:	Technology
Dimensions:	40 mm (Height), 150 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	buildings, lantern slides, recreation activities, trains, townships, tunnels, optical amusements
Themes this item is part of:	Francis Collection, Images & Image Making Collection
Primary Classification:	GAMES & TOYS
Secondary Classification:	Optical Toys
Tertiary Classification:	lantern slides
Inscriptions:	Printed in black ink on side of glass: 'E. P.'
Format:	Lantern Slide: Colour; Miniature Panorama - Continuous
Manufacturer:	Ernst Plank, Nuremberg, Germany, 1866-1920
Collector:	Mr David Francis, London, Middlesex, England, 1990