Magic Lantern projector

Object/Artifact

Berkeley County Museum

This is an image of a vintage magic lantern box.

Name/Title

Magic Lantern projector

Entry/Object ID

22.10.3

Description

J.S. Fabrik-Marke gas-powered magic lantern in original box and containing several glass slides.

Context

A magic lantern is an early image projector that shows pictures attached to transparent glass plates. They were popular from the 18th century through the early 20th century.

Collection

Dyson family collection

Acquisition

Accession

2022.10

Source or Donor

Saundra & Bill Dyson

Made/Created

Time Period

19th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Germany

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Projector, Lantern Slide

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Projector

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Visual Communication Devices

Nomenclature Class

Visual Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication