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The magic lantern or Laterna Magica was the ancestor of the modern slide projector. more...

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Henry R. Heyl of Philadelphia, PA patented the Magic Lantern Projector in 1870.

It was first described in Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae, by the Jesuit Athanasius Kircher in 1671; he may have been describing an already existing device rather than announcing a new invention. With an oil lamp and a lens, images painted on glass plates could be projected on to a suitable screen; the ancestor of the modern slide projector. By the 19th century, there was a thriving trade of itinerant projectionists, who would travel Britain with their magic lanterns, and a large number of slides, putting on shows in towns and villages. Some of the slides came with special effects, by means of extra sections that could slide or rotate across the main plate. One of the most famous of these, very popular with children, was the Rat-swallower, where a series of rats would be seen leaping into a sleeping man's mouth. During the Napoleonic wars, a series was produced of a British ship's encounter with a French navy ship, ending patriotically with the French ship sinking in flames, accompanied by the cheers of the audience.

The invention of photography enabled the inexpensive creation and reproduction of slides, and thereby greatly expanded the repertoire of available images. Slide shows would feature famous landmarks, foreign lands, and personages. Posed photographs were sold in series, telling uplifting stories and moral tales. Though there was a huge market for these lanterns and slides in the 19th century, they eventually fell out of favour after the invention of moving pictures, and the few surviving lanterns and slides are sought-after collector's items.

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		"The Bellelli Family", Degas, Louvre, Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"The Bellelli Family", Degas, Louvre, Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		Palais Garnier (Old Opera House, Paris), Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Palais Garnier (Old Opera House, Paris), Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		"Portrait of Afra von Tetdikofen", C. Amberger, Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"Portrait of Afra von Tetdikofen", C. Amberger, Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		Westminster Abbey Transept, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Westminster Abbey Transept, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		Project for shops: Plans & views from Unter den Linden Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Project for shops: Plans & views from Unter den Linden Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		Portrait of Philip I, Juan de Flandes, Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Portrait of Philip I, Juan de Flandes, Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide Line of Sand Dunes, Columbia River, Oregon
		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide Line of Sand Dunes, Columbia River, Oregon 
		Magic Lantern Glass Slide-Avalanch​e Shed, Jungenstrasse, Switzerland
		Magic Lantern Glass Slide-Avalanch​e Shed, Jungenstrasse, Switzerland

		"Portrait of John Pimpkin", Thomas Gainsborough, Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"Portrait of John Pimpkin", Thomas Gainsborough, Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		"Portrait of Margarete van Eyck, wife of the artist", Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"Portrait of Margarete van Eyck, wife of the artist", Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		Westminster Abbey Cathedral, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Westminster Abbey Cathedral, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		Portrait of Mazarin, R. Nanteuil, Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Portrait of Mazarin, R. Nanteuil, Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		Magic Lantern Yellowstone 11 slides
		Magic Lantern Yellowstone 11 slides 
		"Madame Chardin, the Artist's Wife", Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"Madame Chardin, the Artist's Wife", Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		St. Paul Cathedral, London, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		St. Paul Cathedral, London, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		Facade of St. Paul Cathedral, London, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Facade of St. Paul Cathedral, London, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		Unknown dock, boats, people - Magic Lantern Glass Slide - Image Crackling
		Unknown dock, boats, people - Magic Lantern Glass Slide - Image Crackling 
		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide Looking between Ore Docks No 2 and 3 Two Harbors, M
		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide Looking between Ore Docks No 2 and 3 Two Harbors, M

		Portrait of Joanna the Mad, Juan de Flandes, Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Portrait of Joanna the Mad, Juan de Flandes, Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		"Portrait of a Married Couple", Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"Portrait of a Married Couple", Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		Windsor Castle, England, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Windsor Castle, England, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide Seattle + Puget Sound from Smith Building Washingtn
		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide Seattle + Puget Sound from Smith Building Washingtn 
		Unknown lake (Toronto?) with boat, island - Color Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Unknown lake (Toronto?) with boat, island - Color Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		"A Confidential Chat", Quiringh Gerritscz Brenelenkam, Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"A Confidential Chat", Quiringh Gerritscz Brenelenkam, Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		"Carceri, plate 12.", Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"Carceri, plate 12.", Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		"The Theatre Hairdresser Warnecke", Franz Krurger, Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"The Theatre Hairdresser Warnecke", Franz Krurger, Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide A Silver Mining Camp Nestled in the Mountains Nevad
		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide A Silver Mining Camp Nestled in the Mountains Nevad

		Westminster Abbey, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Westminster Abbey, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide The Great Roosevelt Dam, Near Phoenix, Arizona
		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide The Great Roosevelt Dam, Near Phoenix, Arizona

		"The Laundryman", Henri de Toulouse-Lautr​ec, Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"The Laundryman", Henri de Toulouse-Lautr​ec, Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		Orléans Cathedral, France, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Orléans Cathedral, France, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		"Portrait of a Edward Hill Ii of Shirley", Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"Portrait of a Edward Hill Ii of Shirley", Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman (Unlabelled), Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman (Unlabelled), Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide Cleaning Salmon Interior Canning Astoria, Oregon 
		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide Cleaning Salmon Interior Canning Astoria, Oregon 
		Spanish American War Glass Slide (4) 1898
		Spanish American War Glass Slide (4) 1898

		Magdalen College, Oxford, England, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Magdalen College, Oxford, England, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide Sheep in the Mountains of Judea, Palastine
		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide Sheep in the Mountains of Judea, Palastine

		"Masquerade", J.A. Watteau, Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"Masquerade", J.A. Watteau, Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		Magic Lantern 1800 War Vessel slides (21)
		Magic Lantern 1800 War Vessel slides (21)

		Ruins and Graveyard of Melrose Abbey, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Ruins and Graveyard of Melrose Abbey, Rare E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		Palace of (Holyrood) Holyroodhouse, Scotland, E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Palace of (Holyrood) Holyroodhouse, Scotland, E. Mazo Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		"Our Pets", Ludwig Knaus, Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"Our Pets", Ludwig Knaus, Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		"Priam Receiving the body of Hector", J. Trumball, Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"Priam Receiving the body of Hector", J. Trumball, Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		Statue of Horace Greeley, Herald Square, New York City Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Statue of Horace Greeley, Herald Square, New York City Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		"Carceri, pl. 15.", G.B. Piranesi, Oxford. Ashmolean, Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"Carceri, pl. 15.", G.B. Piranesi, Oxford. Ashmolean, Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		"The Readers: Madame Froganard & her sister.", Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"The Readers: Madame Froganard & her sister.", Magic Lantern Glass Slide 
		Portrait of a Member of the Raggio Family of Genoa, Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		Portrait of a Member of the Raggio Family of Genoa, Magic Lantern Glass Slide

		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide Hydraulic Mining, Oregon 
		Keystone Magic Lantern Slide Hydraulic Mining, Oregon 
		"Alexander the Great Depositing Poems of Homer", Magic Lantern Glass Slide
		"Alexander the Great Depositing Poems of Homer", Magic Lantern Glass Slide
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