TRANSPARENCY, LANTERN-SLIDE
| Object Name: | TRANSPARENCY, LANTERN-SLIDE |
| Title: | [Tour of Scotland] |
| Object Type: | DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT |
| Classification: | COMMUNICATION ARTIFACTS |
| Material: | PAPER GLASS: |
| Accession Number: | 975.002.001 |
| Geo Cultural Area: | England, London/Scotland, Edinburgh/Egypt |
| Description: | A heavy cardboard box covered with brown paper, it has a white label printed in black on the centre of the top and a white and green label on the short ends. The top label reads: Open in yellow or very subdued daylight/ VELOX/ Directions enclosed./ Manufacturered only by/ Kodak Limited/ London. Stamped on top of the lid is: D.H. Munro/Trade?/?? Edinburgh. The green label reads: Vigorous Glossy/ VELOX/ High Glaze Surface/ For use with flat negatives. The box contains 81 glass lantern-slide transparencies and a typewritten pages titled "Lecture on Scotland." Some of the slides are black-and-white photographic prints and some are colourized black-and-white photographic prints. They have black paper covering the edges and most have a white margin on which a title is written.Mostof the slides of Scotland have two sets of numbers; the number used here is the one on the circle sticker. Most of the titles are handwritten in black ink. The slide titles are :1 Map of Scotland - The Lowlands of Scotland. 2 (16) West Princes Street - "Auld Reekie" 3 (12) East Princes Street from Scot's Monument - "Auld Reekie" 4 (10) Prince Street & Scot's Monument 5 (13) Old Town, from Scott's Monument 6 (15) Castle and National Galleries 7 (27) Edinbrugh, from Castle 8 (24) Castle Esplanade 9 (30) St. Giles Cathedral 10 Interior, St. Giles Cathedral 11 (32) Market Cross 12 (9) Great Hall Parliament House, Edinburgh - Sir Walter Scott and His Country 13 (36) Old Quadrangle University Buildings 14 (37) John Knox's House 15 (25) John Knox16 (?8) Canongate Tolbooth17 (29) Old Houses in High Street18 (39) White Horse Close19 (2) Holyrood Palace, Front20 (3) Holyrood Palace, Qreen Mary's Bedroom21 (17) Mary Queen of Scots in Highland Costume22 (34) Royal Infirmary23 (6) Calton Hill24 Edinburgh National Monument25 (41) Arthur Seat26 (47) Forth Bridge from South27 Newhaven Fishwives28 (7) Dumbarton Rock & Castle - The Highlands of Scotland29 (10) Craigmillar Castle - The Lowlands of Scotland30 (11) Tantallon Castle & Bass Rock - The Lowlands of Scotland31 (14) - Callander - The Beauties of Perthshire32 (17) In the Pass of the Trossachs - The Beauties of Perthshire33 (23) Looking up Loch Katrine (Moonlight) - The Beauties of Perthshire34 (19) Boat Pier Loch Katrine - The Beauties of Perthshire35 Treed shores with small boats along banks36, 37 Cows38 Buldings, corn cribs?35 to 37 are marked: - Charles Potter - 16 Adelaide West - Toronto39 (22) Castle Street & Municipal Buildings, Aberdeen - The Highlands of Scotland40 (55) Union Street from Market Street, Aberdeen 14,526 - Scottish Scenery41 Aberdeen Statue of Robert Burns 11022 - Scottish Scenery42 (47) Aberdeen Wallace Statue & Library 14538 - Odd Scotch43 (39) Aberdeen West & East Parish Churches - Scottish Scenery44 (32) Marishal's College Aberdeen 15154 - Scottish Scenery45 (28) Aberdeen University 10305 - Scottish Scenery46 (29) Kings College Chapel. Aberdeen 10728- Scottish Scenery47 (66) Fishing Fleet, Aberdeen 2958 - Scottish Scenery48 (67) Interior of Fish Market, Aberdeen. 12019 - Scottish Scenery49 (26) Balmoral Castel - The Highlands of Scotland50 (42) Loch Lomond - The Highlands of Scotland51 (3) George Square & Municipal Buildings, Glasgow - The Highlands of Scotland52 (2) Glasgow Cathedral - The Highlands of Scotland53 (794) Necropolis, Glasgow 10437 - scottish Scenery54 (805) Glasgow, in the Botanical Gardens. 1485 - Scottish Scenery55 (4) Glasgow University Building from Kelvingrove Park- The Highlands of Scotland56 (7) Argyle Street Glasgow - Glasgow, adn "Doon the Watter"57 (10) On the Clyde, Glasgow. - Glasgow, and "Doon the Watter"58 (39) Burns Cottage, Alloway - The Lowlands of Scotland59 (30) Robert Burns, Naismyth Portrait60 (35) Burns Mausoleum, Dumfries - The Lowlands of Scotland61 (27) Melrose Abbey, from S.W. - The Architecture of Scotland62 (42) Rosslyn Glen & Castle - "Auld Reekie"63 (43) Rosslyn Chapel - Auld Reekie64 (45) Rosslyn Chapel "Master" Pillar - Auld Reekie65 (46) Rosslyn Chapel, Prentice Pillar - "Auld Reekie"66 (24) Abbotford House from the Tweed - The Lowlands of Scotland67 (25) The Study, Abbotford House - The Lowlands of Scotland68 Portrait of Sir Walter Scott - Sir Walter Scott and His Country69 ruins of a church70 (21) Sir Walter Scott's Tomb, Dryburgh Abbey - The Lowlands of Scotland71 Canadian War Memorial69 and 71 are marked: - Charles Potter - 16 Adelaide West - TorontoMost of the slides of Scotland are also marked: G.W.W.1 Life of John Wesley - a protrait of John Wesley4 Life of John Wesley - a portrait of his wife8 Mosque of Mohammed Ali, Cairo -Registered G.W.W. Trade Mark162 Arab school CairoEgypt - Sphinx & Pyramid of ChefrenEgypt - Step PyramidEgypt - ? Cheops for the Desert - A.J. Reading, Toronto, Ont.Egypt - Hall of Pillars - Karnak - A.J. Reading, Toronto, Ont.A huge statue among palm trees, men around - A.J. Reading, Toronto, Ont.Pyramid and Sphinx Box - 28.5 x 11.5 x 10.5 cm; Slides - 8 x 8 cm ORIGINAL |
| Narrative: | From Trinity United Church, Kitchener. |
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| Institution City: | Kitchener |
| Institution Province: | Ontario |
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