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Glass Slides:

(glass photograph slide storage and transport box ) . GLASS PHOTOGRAPH SLIDE COLLECTION BOX
c. 1930. Measures 6-1/2 x 13 inches. Professionally made box custom-made for glass photographs. Holds 90 glass slides. Black textured paper covered wood with red 'velvet' paper interior with pre-shaped indentations to hold the slides safely. VG plus. (a43548)
$75.00 (glass photograph slides) . COLLECTION OF 12 ORIGINAL GLASS PHOTOGRAPH SLIDE VIEWS OF WORLD TRAVEL
c. 1910. These are positive views (not negatives). Slides meaure 4x3-1/4 inches. All views briefly identified. Views: Coffee drying in Mexico, English Lake District (McAllister, photographer), Inverness Cathedral interior, India Madura Temple, Rangoon Pagoda, Persia rug weaving, Geisha Japan, Uyeno Kyoto , Tiger HIll Pagoda in Soo-Chow China, Family under Cherrry Tree in Japan (Underwood), Peking , Nanking University, Transportation and Woolworth Bldgs in New York City. One slide with a small crack in margin only; a few edge tapes peeling off. Other VG. Group of 12 slides: (a43547)
$75.00 (glass photograph slides) . COLLECTION OF 13 ORIGINAL GLASS PHOTOGRAPH SLIDES, NORTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
Slides meaure 4x3-1/4 inches. All slides labelled in the margins as property of Northern Baptist Convention, 276 Fifth Ave, New York City. Views are not identified. Views include: Building exteriors, camps, group portrait, interior of rooms, classroom. VG. These are "positive" views--not negatives. Set of 13 views: (a43556)
$65.00 (glass photograph slides) . COLLECTION OF 14 ORIGINAL GLASS PHOTOGRAPH SLIDES ABOUT AMERICAN AGRICULTURE
Slides 4 x 3-1/4 inches. Some identified as property of New York State College of Agriculture. 9 view identified, 5 not labelled. Views of cow milking; livestock shows, children being brought to school in livestock truck, loading corn, cooperative marketing. These are "positive" views - not negatives. VG. Group of 9 glass slides: (a43560)
$29.00 (glass photograph slides) . COLLECTION OF 18 ORIGINAL GLASS PHOTOGRAPH SLIDES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
c. 1900. Slides measure 4-3-1/4 inches. (Postive views, these are not negatives.) Views of Little girl with bowed legs probably from rickets, baby. woman and man couple, shy woman. Only two views briefly identified, rest are not labelled. 3 slides cracked with no loss of image. Other Good. Set of 18 glass slides: (a43557)
$29.00 (glass photograph slides) . COLLECTION OF 35 ORIGINAL GLASS PHOTOGRAPH SLIDES OF CARMEL AND AREA IN THE MIDDLE EAST
c.1910. Slides 4x3-1/4 inches. All but 9 views views are identified. Views include: Cave near Aintabigha, Feast of St. Elias, Esfryth, Church of Our Lady, School of Prophets Cistern, Elias Ruhe, Plain of Acre, Crypt St. Elias, Ain Um El Faraj, Lighthouse, Bamoth Beal, Convent and Church. Positive views--not photographic negatives. Three slides cracked, others in Good or better condition. 35 glass slides. (a43569)
$195.00 (glass photograph slides) . COLLECTION OF SEVEN ORIGINAL GLASS PHOTOGRAPH SLIDES OF MARYLAND
Slides measure 4x3-1/4 inches. All labeled on edge of slide. Views: Maryland Farmer reading his farm paper; Grace Church in Emmitson (sp?); Trinity Cathedral in Easton; St. John's P.E. Church in Harford County; Emmanual Church in Chesterton, Maryland boy with animal; Interior view of Hyattsville First National Bank (this view is especially nice 'slice of life' view with customers inside doing transactions. ) VG. These are positive vews (not negatives). Group of 7 slides: (a43554)
$49.00 (glass slide photograph ephemera) . WOODEN HAND-HELD GLASS PHOTOGRAPH SLIDE HOLDER FOR USE IN MAGIC LANTERN
c. 1900. 12 x 4-1/2 inches. Black wood. Holds two glass slides (4x3-1/4 inch slides) at one time. For use in a magic lantern-magic lantern projector itself not available. VG. (a43549)
$45.00 (stereograph photograph glass slides) . ACTUAL WORLD WAR ONE VIEWS IN GLASS STEREOGRAPH PHOTOGRAPHY ENCLOSED IN ORIGINAL BOX WITH ORIGINAL VIEWER
Wonderful item: 29 (of original) glass stereographic views of World War one in original wooden box along with nice, heavy duty and fine quality, stereo handhead viewer. No indication of photographer, publisher, manufacturer--just words Made in France stamped on the viewer. Great views-you feel just like you are there for one moment--views of battlefields, inside trenches, base camps, one nice shot taken while up in an airplane, soldiers with gas masks on, etc. All views are identified, several with year when taken, either in ink manuscript in space between the views or printed or embedded in lower edge of image.Viewer looks like binoculars mounted in a box with a knob on the side to adjust the focus and a slot in which to place the slide with a small metal clasp to hold slide in so it won't fall out while being viewed. Slides, which are held in individual slots, are 4x1-3/4 inches (15x9 cm). Box measures 6x5-1/4x5 inches (14x13x12cm, with an embossed gold paper label (3x1-1/2 inches) mounted on top showing an American and French soldier shaking hands and words "Over There." Metal clasp (top edge of clasp is broken but it still works.) Box is VG, wood on top panel of box is cracked (not affecting box's sturdiness), label lightly wrinkled. Slides and viewer are in Fine condition. Rare. (a50994)
$750.00