Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Lantern Slide - Paul Revere's Ride
1909-1950
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
2008.023.39

Lantern slide in black and white. Image shows a scene from the story of Paul Revere's ride. A man is in the church belfry, holding two lanterns. He looks out the opening at ships in the harbor. A label printed in black is applied to one end of the slide and reads, "2. - "Then he climbed to the tower of the church, / Up the wooden stairs with stealthy tread," A label printed in black applied to the other end of the slide reads, "A.D. Handy, Stereopticons & Supplies, 21 Bromfield St., Boston." Handwritten in black ink is "Paul Revere's Ride."