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
2008.023.135

Lantern slide in color showing "The Snow Ball." A man walks near a snowy hill reading a book. He is wearing a blue overcoat and tall black top hat and carries a long green umbrella. 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--7. 'Professor Macalpin, the learned and wise.'" 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