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Knights of Malta Magic Lantern Slide - Noah's Ark
ca. 1900
Frank Gray; T. H. McAllistar
USA: New York
Glass; wood; metal; paint
overall: 4"h x 14"w x 1/2"d
Gift of the Estate of Gerard Dallas Jencks
90.5.201

Knights of Malta magic lantern slide showing colored image of the animals boarding Noah's ark. The slide is one large "dioramic" frame measuring 14" x 4" that produces an image of a moving procession of animals onto Noah's ark. One of 38 Knights of Malta magic lantern slides in box; three-inch diameter circular glass 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." McAllistar's information is on glass.