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Lantern Slide - Facial Types, circa 1940s
Reg. No: MM 68966
- Summary:
- Colour glass lantern slide of eight facial types, focussing on the lower half of the face in profile. Made by Alex. Gunn & Sons, Melbourne, Victoria, circa 1940s.
One of a set of over 420 lantern slides, used by lecturer Walter S. Binks, a popular psychology and vocational guidance lecturer based in Melbourne, Victoria. Binks gave lectures throughout Australia in the 1930s and 1940s. Binks advertised his lectures as associated with the Australasian Opportunity League or Universal Opportunity League.
Purchased by the donor at an opportunity shop. The collection was stored in three wooden trays (two compartments in each tray), and 95 slides stored separately. Many of the slides were produced in Melbourne from images and cuttings presumably supplied by Binks. - Description:
- Standard format (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch square) colour lantern slide, with image printed on glass.
- Description Of Content:
- Drawings of eight mouths and chins in profile.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mrs Orsini, 1990
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 82 mm (Height), 82 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | psychology, lantern slides |
| Themes this item is part of: | Universal Opportunity League Collection, Walter Samuel Binks, Vocational Consultant and Self-Help Lecturer (1892-1983), Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | EDUCATION |
| Secondary Classification: | Adult Education |
| Tertiary Classification: | popular psychology |
| Inscriptions: | Text, on slide: Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4/Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Fig. 7 Fig. 8. Text, edge of slide: GUNN'S SLIDE, 210 Flinders Lane, Melb. Cent. 2736. Text on attached label: '832'. |
| Format: | Lantern Slide: Colour; Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.) |
| Manufacturer: | Gunn's Slides, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1940s Gunn's Slides were located at Cathedral House, 210 Flinders Lane (cnr Quirk Lane), Melbourne, from 1939-1960. |
| User: | Walter Binks, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1940s-1950s |
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