Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Lantern Slide - Lincoln's Speech at Gettysburg
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
2008.023.28

Lantern slide in color. Image shows Abraham Lincoln, with one arm raised, making a speech. In the background is an archway and an American flag. A group of men stand around Lincoln, some in Union Army uniforms, others wearing top hats. A large crowd faces Lincoln. A label printed in black is applied to one end of the slide and reads, "9 - Lincoln's Speech at Gettysburg." A label printed in red applied to the other end of the slide reads, "A.D. Handy, Stereopticons & Supplies, Boston."