Objects

Viewing Record 35 of 138
Previous Record  Next Record
Switch Views: Lightbox | Image List | List

Lantern Slide - Lincoln Raising the Flag at Independence Hall
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
2008.023.36

Lantern slide in color. Image shows Abraham Lincoln raising an American flag at Independence Hall. A crowd of men in overcoats, holding top hats, face Lincoln. An American flag is draped over a wood frame. Along the bottom of the image is a group of Union soldiers facing the flag-raising scene. At the upper right, two boys are sitting in a tree watching. A label printed in black is applied to one end of the slide and reads, "5 - Lincoln raising the Flag at Independence." A label printed in red applied to the other end of the slide reads, "A.D. Handy, Stereopticons & Supplies, Boston."