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Lantern Slide - Battle of Bunker Hill
1895-1925
A. D. Handy Stereopticons and Supplies
USA: Massachusetts, Boston
Glass
overall: 3-3/16"h x 4"w x 1/8"d
Gift of Anne R. Berntsen
2008.023.5

Lantern slide in black and white. Central image shows a man [Joseph Warren] being cradled on a battlefield by another while fighting continues on around them. Flags are visible in the background; many of the men depicted hold guns or swords. A label printed in black is applied to one end of the slide and reads, "United States History / Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775." A label printed in red applied to the other end of the slide reads, "A.D. Handy, Stereopticons & Supplies, Boston."