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Lantern Slide - Retreat of British from Concord
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
2008.023.6

Lantern slide in color. Central image shows group of men in red coats walking through a town. Buildings, including a church, are visible at back right. Additional figures stand along the road. At bottom left, one house is on fire and a small group of men in blue coats hold guns and advance toward the red coats. A label with black ink handwriting is applied to one end of the slide and reads, "Retreat of British from Concord." A label printed in red applied to the other end of the slide reads, "A.D. Handy, Stereopticons & Supplies, Boston." Handwritten in black ink on this label is "1775-1782."