Lantern slide: Harry L. Schmulling, Director of Parks & Public Property (from Board of Commissioners, City of Hoboken, 1918.)
Entry/Object ID
2005.078.0903
Description
Harry L. Schmulling, Director of Parks and Public Property (from Board of Commissioners, City of Hoboken, 1918.) Circa 1918-1920. Lantern slide, 3-1/4" x 4": glass, film, paper masks and paper tape. Hand colored. Original photographer not indicated; slide maker below.
A detail image from the printed page with his photographic vignette as seen in the full page lantern slide 2005.078.0902. Commission form of government from 1915-1953. This page was typically found in programs used for city events including the Hoboken Playgrounds activities which were under Schmulling's department.
From Julius Durstewitz, who was the director of the Hoboken Playgrounds and a Hoboken resident. This slide (one of a group of thirty one: photo catalog 2005.078.0900 to .0931) was for use in a stereopticon projector. The Playgrounds Department's stereopticon from circa 1918 is objects 2005.078.2100. The creation of the slide itself was likely in 1918, but it could have been as late as the mid-1920s.
Made by Henry Mestrum, 385 Sixth Ave., New York, N.Y.
Acquisition
Accession
2005.078
Source or Donor
Durstewitz, Anthony & Kathy
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Anthony & Kathy Durstewitz
Made/Created
Date made
1918 - 1926
Place
Location
Hoboken
Notes
Date: 1918-1926
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Display Value: Fair
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2010-04-21
