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Indiana nature scenes lantern slides

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: P021

Scope and Contents

This collection includes glass lantern slides from the Indiana Historical Commission in Indiana anging from circa 1916 regarding landscapes and nature scenes including state parks, caves, and lakes.

Dates

  • circa 1916

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.

Historical Note

"Lantern slides are positive transparent photographs made on glass and viewed with the aid of a “magic lantern,” the predecessor of the slide projector. Lantern slide plates were commercially manufactured by sensitizing a sheet of glass with a silver gelatin emulsion. The plate was then exposed to a negative and processed, resulting in a positive transparent image with exceptional detail and a rich tonal range. Lantern slides were used for home entertainment and public lectures, and they were displayed in photographic exhibitions."

Excerpt from: McCabe, Constance. "Lantern Slides." National Gallery of Art. Accessed May 24, 2021. https://www.nga.gov/research/online-editions/alfred-stieglitz-key-set/practices-and-processes/lantern-slides.html.

Extent

0.3 Cubic Feet (2 negatives boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This collection is arranged numerically in original order.

Custodial History

This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.

Accruals

No further additions are expected.

Related Materials

Materials relating to this collection may be found in the following collections in Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN:

SP039: Indiana nature photographic slides

Item Listing

Turkey Run Park, slide No. 96139F

Old wooden bridge at approach to Turkey Run, slide No. 2

Several Turkey Run views, slide No. 3

Turkey Run Canyon, slide No. 4

Turkey Run Canyon, slide No. 5

Turkey Run Canyon, slide No. 6

Sugar Creek at Turkey Run, slide No.7

A Turkey Run tree, slide No. 8

Turkey Run, slide No. 9

Some trees at Turkey Run, slide No. 10

Turkey Run Park, slide No. 11

Steamboat Rock, Bloomingdale Glens, Parke County, Turkey Run, slide No. 12

Swinging bridge over Sugar Creek, Turkey Run at approach to Rocky Hollow, slide No. 13

Rocky Hollow, Turkey Run, slide No. 14

Rocky Hollow, Turkey Run, slide No. 15

Rocky Hollow, Turkey Run, slide No. 16

Head of Rocky Hollow Canyon, Turkey Run, slide No. 17

Bridge at the "Narrows", Turkey Run, slide No. 18

Views at "Shades of Death", slide No. 19

At the "Shades", Montgomery County, slide No. 20

McCormick's Creek Canyon, State Park, Owen County, slide No. 21

McCmmick's Creek Canyon, State Park, Owen County, slide No. 22

McCormick's Creek Canyon, State Park, Owen County, slide No. 23

Lake Michigan Sand Dunes, slide.No. 24

Lake Michigan Sand Dunes, slide No. 25

Lake Michigan Sand Dunes, slide No. 26

Lake Michigan Sand Dunes, slide No. 27

Wyandotte Cave, Crawford County, slide No. 28

Wyandotte Cave, Crawford County, slide No. 29

Wyandotte Cave, Crawford County, slide No. 30

Wyandotte Cave, Crawford County, slide No. 31

Scene in Brown County, slide No. 32

Scene in Brown County, slide No. 33

Scene in Brown County, slide No. 34

Scene in Brown County, slide No. 35

Scene in Brown County, slide No. 36

Scene in Brown County, slide No. 37

Scene in Brown County, slide No. 38

Scene in Brown County, slide No. 39

Brown County Hills, slide No. 40

Hanging Rock near Madison Indiana, slide No. 41

Clifty Falls, Madison Indiana, slide No. 42

Clifty Falls near Columbus Indiana, slide No. 43

Cataract Falls on Eel River Owen County, slide No. 44

Muscatatuck Falls, Mt. Vernon, Jennings County, slide No. 45

Pendleton Falls, Fall Creek, slide No. 46

Falls of the Ohio at Jeffersonville, slide No. 47

Rock Bluffs on Mississnewa River near Pern, slide No. 48

Chapman Lake, Steuben County, slide No. 49

Prophet's Rock near Lafayette, slide No. 50

Along the Wabash at Peru, slide No. 51

The 'Old Swimming Hole" at Greenfield, slide No. 52

The Nmmws near Spencer, slide No. 53

Cherry Creek, Winona Lake, Kosciusko County, slide No. 54

Near Martinsville, slide No. 55

The Cut, Madison, slide No. 56

Lake James, Steuben County, slide No. 57

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid created in 1999 by Marcia Caudell. Collection reprocessing completed 2021/06/09 by Brittany Kropf. EAD finding aid created 2021/06/09 by Brittany Kropf.
Title
Indiana nature scenes lantern slides
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository

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