Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Lantern Slide - Paul Revere's Ride
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
2008.023.42

Lantern slide in black and white. Image shows a scene from the story of Paul Revere's ride. A man on horseback rides through a town. He has one hand raised and holds a whip. The moon is high in the sky and he rides past a church. A label printed in black is applied to one end of the slide and reads, "5. - "It was twelve by the village clock / When he crossed the bridge into Medford town." A label printed in black at the other end of the slide reads, "A.D. Handy, Stereopticons & Supplies, 21 Bromfield St., Boston." Handwritten in black ink is "Paul Revere's Ride."