Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Lantern Slide - The Snow Ball
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
2008.023.129

Lantern slide in color showing "The Snow Ball." Three boys stand at the center of a snowy field with a schoolhouse in the background. A boy with a red checkered jacket is bent over rolling a soccer ball sized snow ball. A black and white label with the words "A.D. Handy, Stereopticons and Supplies, Boston" is applied to one end of the slide. On the other side of slide typed in black is "The Snow Ball--1. 'Joe made a ball as big as an orange.'" Printed in black on other side is "A.D. Handy, Stereopticons & Supplies, 17 Broomfield St., Boston." "Economic Series" is printed twice in silver letters within black frame on other side of slide.

For further information, see blog post, December 17, 2020, https://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2020/12/magic-lanterns-slides-and-snow-balls.html