Selected Magic Lanterns

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9999.00033


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Jung Amerika magic lantern, (wood mailbox, 11 in. H)

OBJECT TYPE: Projector
MANUFACTURER: Unidentified Maker (German)
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1890
PRODUCTION DATES: 1890
IMAGE SIZE: 3.125cm
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  magic lantern
  toy

NOTES:
  wood-housed lantern, with tin roof and chimney
  aluminum flap on side with engraving: "Jung Amerika - E Pluribus Unum-
  Gesetzl-Geschützt" (patented)
  housing lifts up to reveal lamp and wick-holder
  on wood board with 4 feet (pegs)
  measurements: 27.5 cm H X 11.3 cm W X 21.3 cm L

MATERIAL VIEWED/PROJECTED: glass

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: 9999.00033

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Hrabalek, Ernst. --Laterna Magica - Zauberwelt und Faszination des optischen Spielzeugs.-- Munich: Keyser, 1985. 125.//

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Jung Amerika magic lantern, (wood mailbo

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