World War I war work and leisure lantern slides
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: P025
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 72 glass lantern slides ranging from circa 1917 to 1918. The slides depict the efforts of various American service organizations to entertain soldiers and sailors, both in the United States and overseas in Europe, during World War I. Organizations include the YMCA, Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board, American Library Association, and Salvation Army.
All but slide numbers 71 and 72 were produced by the Novelty Slide Company, 209 West 48th Street, New York, New York. These slides are marked with numbers that correspond to those in the listing below. Number 71 was produced by Perfection Slide Company, 79-83 Fifth Avenue, New York. The producer of number 72 is unknown.
All but slide numbers 71 and 72 were produced by the Novelty Slide Company, 209 West 48th Street, New York, New York. These slides are marked with numbers that correspond to those in the listing below. Number 71 was produced by Perfection Slide Company, 79-83 Fifth Avenue, New York. The producer of number 72 is unknown.
Dates
- circa 1917-1918
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.
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 (3 negatives boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged numerically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Item Listing
1. Sailors watching a boxing match
2. Sailors listening to a gramophone
3. Servicemen getting drinks
4. Supplies carried into YMCA shelter
5. YMCA workers outside shelter
6. YMCA worker wearing gas mask
7. Soldiers passing YMCA shelter
8. Soldiers in a hospital
9. Soldiers gathered around YMCA trucks
10. * Woman helping soldier for YMCA
11. People in a lounge
12. People around a fireplace
13. Soldiers and women
14. * Two women serving food to soldier
15. Child in a bed
16. * Soldiers and women enjoying tea
17. Women preparing sandwiches
18. Women at Bridgeport Industrial Girls War Service Camp
19. Women on a lawn
20. Women and children
21. Soldiers in a library
22. Soldiers in a library
23. Soldiers at the Knights of Columbus building
24. Three Knights of Columbus workers(?)
25. * Eating in the field
26. Soldiers and trucks
27. Two soldiers with Knights of Columbus truck
28. * Three Knights of Columbus workers(?)
29. Gathering of Allied servicemen
30. Military band
31. People outside a building
32. Jewish recreation center
33. Sing along
34. * Boating with Jewish Welfare Board
35. People at an outdoor gathering
36. Concert at Jewish center
37. * Soldiers at the J.B.W.W. Jewish center
38. Soldiers at a banquet
39. Patchogue branch of the Jewish Welfare Board
40. Soldiers at a religious service
41. War Camp Community Service Center
42. War Camp Community Service Center taxi service
43. * Servicemen relaxing
44. Servicemen relaxing
45. Soldiers reading
46. Two sailors reading
47. * Servicemen at a War Camp Community Service Center
48. Army buglers
49. Woman entertaining servicemen
50. Sailors and women at a party
51. * Exterior of ALA('?) Camp Library
52. Soldiers at Camp Library
53. Soldiers at Camp Library
54. Soldiers at a bookmobile
55. Soldiers reading in library
56. Soldiers reading in tent library
57. Men moving bags of books(?)
58. * Wounded soldiers reading
59. Women delivering books to wounded in hospital
60. Man among piles of books
61. Portrait of unknown soldier
62. Helmeted female Salvation Army worker with gas mask
63. Soldiers outside a Salvation Army hut
64. * Woman serving coffee to soldiers in a hut
65. Woman with baked pies
66. Soldiers eating pies
67. War Service truck
68. Women mending uniforms
69. Woman rolling out pie dough
70. * Helmeted woman holding tub of donuts
71. ALA ad for books, includes illustration of a soldier reading to a blinded soldier "Wanted 500,000 books for American soldiers in Germany and France. Take fresh fiction to the public library for shipment overseas in the tonnage of the American Library Association"
72. Ruins of Arras Town Hall (labeled F9)
2. Sailors listening to a gramophone
3. Servicemen getting drinks
4. Supplies carried into YMCA shelter
5. YMCA workers outside shelter
6. YMCA worker wearing gas mask
7. Soldiers passing YMCA shelter
8. Soldiers in a hospital
9. Soldiers gathered around YMCA trucks
10. * Woman helping soldier for YMCA
11. People in a lounge
12. People around a fireplace
13. Soldiers and women
14. * Two women serving food to soldier
15. Child in a bed
16. * Soldiers and women enjoying tea
17. Women preparing sandwiches
18. Women at Bridgeport Industrial Girls War Service Camp
19. Women on a lawn
20. Women and children
21. Soldiers in a library
22. Soldiers in a library
23. Soldiers at the Knights of Columbus building
24. Three Knights of Columbus workers(?)
25. * Eating in the field
26. Soldiers and trucks
27. Two soldiers with Knights of Columbus truck
28. * Three Knights of Columbus workers(?)
29. Gathering of Allied servicemen
30. Military band
31. People outside a building
32. Jewish recreation center
33. Sing along
34. * Boating with Jewish Welfare Board
35. People at an outdoor gathering
36. Concert at Jewish center
37. * Soldiers at the J.B.W.W. Jewish center
38. Soldiers at a banquet
39. Patchogue branch of the Jewish Welfare Board
40. Soldiers at a religious service
41. War Camp Community Service Center
42. War Camp Community Service Center taxi service
43. * Servicemen relaxing
44. Servicemen relaxing
45. Soldiers reading
46. Two sailors reading
47. * Servicemen at a War Camp Community Service Center
48. Army buglers
49. Woman entertaining servicemen
50. Sailors and women at a party
51. * Exterior of ALA('?) Camp Library
52. Soldiers at Camp Library
53. Soldiers at Camp Library
54. Soldiers at a bookmobile
55. Soldiers reading in library
56. Soldiers reading in tent library
57. Men moving bags of books(?)
58. * Wounded soldiers reading
59. Women delivering books to wounded in hospital
60. Man among piles of books
61. Portrait of unknown soldier
62. Helmeted female Salvation Army worker with gas mask
63. Soldiers outside a Salvation Army hut
64. * Woman serving coffee to soldiers in a hut
65. Woman with baked pies
66. Soldiers eating pies
67. War Service truck
68. Women mending uniforms
69. Woman rolling out pie dough
70. * Helmeted woman holding tub of donuts
71. ALA ad for books, includes illustration of a soldier reading to a blinded soldier "Wanted 500,000 books for American soldiers in Germany and France. Take fresh fiction to the public library for shipment overseas in the tonnage of the American Library Association"
72. Ruins of Arras Town Hall (labeled F9)
Processing Information
Collection processing and finding aid completed by Susan King during January 2001. Finding aid revised by Lauren Patton on 2015/11/25. EAD finding aid completed by Bethany Fiechter on 2018/05/14. Collection reprocessed and EAD finding aid revised 2021/06/12 by Brittany Kropf.
- Title
- World War I war work and leisure 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
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
