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Lantern Slide - Franklin's Experiment
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
2008.023.9

Lantern slide in black and white. Central image shows a man [Benjamin Franklin] and a boy flying a kite during a rainstorm. A key hangs from the kite's string and has been hit by lightning. A house is visible in the background. A label with black ink handwriting is applied to one end of the slide and reads, "Franklin's Experiment" A label printed in black applied to the other end of the slide reads, "A.D. Handy, Stereopticons & Supplies, 17 Bromfield St., Boston." Handwritten in black ink on this label is "Period 1752-1759."