Lantern
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Lantern

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Projector

James W. Queen & Co.

Maker
American, 1853–1898

Lantern

1881
Wood, metal, and brass
Overall: 10 1/2 × 7 × 20 in., 10.9 lb. (26.7 × 17.8 × 50.8 cm, 4.9 kg)
Museum accession
1978.1372.0003
DescriptionWooden, vaulted, magic lantern slide projector with achromatic lens, focusing knob, slide carrier, lamp house, two-wick oil lamp, slide stopper, blue tinted viewports, and extendable sliding base in original box.
Inscriptions Inscribed in white on base of projector: 78:1372:3 / Embossed in brass on oil lamp inside lamp house: J.W. QUEEN & Co. PATENT JUNE 14, 1881

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