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Lantern Slide - Fairbanks House
1890-1930
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
2008.023.83

Lantern slide in black and white. Image shows the Fairbanks house in Dedham, Massachusetts. The Fairbanks house is thought to be the oldest standing timber frame house in North America. On one side of the slide inside the black frame it reads "21 Broomfield St., Boston / Albert D Handy" in gold lettering. A label printed in red applied to the other side of the slide reads, "A.D. Handy, Stereopticons & Supplies, Boston." Handwritten in black ink is "(14) Fairbanks House 14 Dedham."