One of Twelve Magic Lantern Slides
Hand-coloured slide for a magic lantern, 1913-1920. Slide one from a set of twelve with four circular scenes showing a boy and a man in an indoor scene.
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Bing was a Nuremburg-based toy manufacturing company particularly known for their toy steam engines, trains, dolls house furniture and magic lanterns. They began advertising small tin-made magic lanterns for domestic use in 1886. By 1914, Bing employed 5000 people and was their goods were sold around the world.
- Measurements:
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overall: 39 mm x 150 mm x 2 mm,
- Materials:
- glass and paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1978-135/3/1
- type:
- lantern slide