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Authentic Victorian magic lantern shows

Magic lantern shows in the 2020s

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Posted on February 23, 2020February 27, 2020 by magiclanternistPosted in magic lantern slidesTagged magic lantern, magic lantern show, music hall, optical entertainments, pre cinema, slide show, social history, victorian entertainments, victorian showman, victorian slide shows. Leave a comment

A white-knuckle London tram ride

A magic lantern slide of a London tram

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Posted on January 14, 2020January 14, 2020 by magiclanternistPosted in magic lantern slidesTagged health and safety, history, london, magic lantern, photo, photograph, photography, social history, tram, transport, tube, underground. Leave a comment

Cadbury’s ‘Welcome’ magic lantern slide

A Victorian magic lantern slide

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Posted on December 13, 2019December 21, 2019 by magiclanternistPosted in magic lantern slides, Motto slidesTagged cadburys, cadburys chocolate, history, magic lantern, magic lantern show, magic lantern slide, social history, victorian. Leave a comment

Victorian chromo-lithographs

Three examples of Victorian chromo-lithographic views

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Posted on December 19, 2017 by magiclanternistPosted in magic lantern slides, Victorian optical entertainmentsTagged colour printing, edinburgh, history, jersey, london, picture, postcards, printing, social history, victorian. Leave a comment

Aladdin magic lantern slides

Three Victorian magic lantern slides of Aladdin

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Posted on November 15, 2017 by magiclanternistPosted in Hand painted slides, magic lantern slidesTagged aladdin, magic lantern, magic lantern slides, pantomime, social history, victorian. Leave a comment

Herring fishing in Great Yarmouth

Three magic lantern slides of fishing in Great Yarmouth

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Posted on October 5, 2017 by magiclanternistPosted in magic lantern slides, Photographic magic lantern slidesTagged fishing, great yarmouth, herring fishing, magic lantern, magic lantern slides, norfolk, photography, social history, victorian. Leave a comment

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