Archives Center Lantern Slide Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
label: Names
content: Nabisco, Inc.
topic: label: Topic
content: Railroad travel
label: Topic
content: Tourism
label: Topic
content: Travel photography
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition is unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
setName: label: See more items in
content: Archives Center Lantern Slide Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Approximately 200 lantern slides, of various scenes in America and Canada, many of them published by railroad lines, presumably to arouse tourist interest in travel by rail. New York State and California are especially emphasized. Some images depict the railroads, railroad stations and railroad equipment. One group of images is from the Nabisco factory.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
label: Extent
content: 204 Lantern slides
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1890-1920
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Almost certainly transferred from one of the curatorial divisions, because it has an inventory tag (1980), predating the Archives Center's existence, but no other information is known.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0686
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Lantern slides
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Cathy Keen, archivist, 2015.

Collection digitized by Noah Stewart, digital imaging technician, 2024.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Lantern slides
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: 204 lantern slides of various scenes in America and Canada, many of them published by railroad lines, presumably to arouse tourist interest in travel by rail.  Especially emphasized are New York State and California.  Some slides feature the railroads and railroad equipment.  Some of the slides are scenes from a cereal factory, showing the manufacture of shredded wheat.

Some slide makers are unidentified.  Captions quoted are from labels on the slides, except that descriptions in brackets are supplied by the cataloguer.

Slide manufacturers include Chas. Beseler Co.

The two original wooden storage boxes in which the slides were received are included.   Slides shown in boxes 1-10 were originally stored in one wooden box, while those in boxes 11-20 were originally in the second wooden box.