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Lantern Slide - Landing of Columbus
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
2008.023.25

Lantern slide in black and white. Image shows a group of men, some kneeling, some with swords or flags standing in a landscape. A few native people are visible at left near a tree. A label printed in black is applied to one end of the slide and reads, "United States History. / Landing of Columbus, 1492." A label printed in red applied to the other end of the slide reads, "A.D. Handy, Stereopticons & Supplies, Boston." Handwritten in black on this label is "1492-1542."