Projecting History: Lantern Slides at the Pennsylvania State Archives

Posted by on May 13, 2022 in | Comments Off on Projecting History: Lantern Slides at the Pennsylvania State Archives   Before digital projectors and PowerPoint, before the carousel slide or 35mm film strips, and before the overhead, there was the lantern slide. A simple method of projecting images onto a large space, lantern slides were a technological marvel that revolutionized home entertainment, education and photography in Pennsylvania and beyond. Lantern slides, often called “magic lantern slides,”...
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Photographic View Companies: The Camera Leaves the Studio

Posted by on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off on Photographic View Companies: The Camera Leaves the Studio Photography’s first half-century of development was ex­citing and eventful. The daguerreotype, an image printed directly on a polished metal surface, was per­fected in 1839. A decade later, millions of Americans posed for ambrotypes, tintypes, albumen plates – often re­plete with military uniforms, favored family pets or bagged game. To satisfy the nation’s craving for...
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