Young Amerika lantern

OBJECT TYPE: Projector
MANUFACTURER: Unidentified Maker
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany?
OBJECT NAME VARIATION:
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1890
PRODUCTION DATES: 1890-
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: magic lantern

NOTES:
  Polished wood and tin "mailbox" shaped lantern; removable base for
  lamp access; on cover is: "Young Amerika geschützt" with image of an
  eagle with an American shield for a body; some examples have claw
  feet, others have turned wood ones.
  Dimensioins: 17.5cm H X 8.8cm W X 18.8cm L

MATERIAL VIEWED/PROJECTED: glass

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: 9999.00050

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