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Knights of Malta Box for Magic Lantern Slides
ca. 1900
Frank Gray; T. H. McAllistar
USA: New York
wood; metal; paint
5 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Gift of the Estate of Gerard Dallas Jencks
90.5.49

Knights of Malta box for magic lantern slide; held set of 38 glass magic lantern slides consisting of Masonic symbols and scenes associated with the Knights of Malta degree; each three-inch diameter circular glass, bearing an image and mounted in a rectangular cherry frame; one slide has "Frank Gray / Supreme Recorder / A. and I. O. K. of M. / Room 121 Bread & Arch Sts. Phila."; wooden box is painted black and decorated with "K. of M." on lid.