World War One Theater Lantern Slides
name: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Culture and the Arts
place: label: Place
content: Buffalo (N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Hotels
label: Topic
content: Clothing stores
label: Topic
content: Men's clothing
label: Topic
content: Men's clothing industry -- 1900-1960
label: Topic
content: World War, 1914-1918
label: Topic
content: Boxing -- Tournaments -- United States
label: Topic
content: Clothing manufacture
label: Topic
content: Cartooning
label: Topic
content: Food conservation
label: Topic
content: Merchant Marine -- United States
label: Topic
content: Boxing
label: Topic
content: Tailoring
label: Topic
content: American Red Cross
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Janes Bachelet on April 28, 2000.
creator: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Culture and the Arts
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content: World War One Theater Lantern Slides
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection consists of seventeen glass lantern slides depicting World War I advertising and propaganda images. The images include clothing advertisements, home furnishings, local events, treasury and stamp savings, organizations such as the American Red Cross and Merchant Marines, and tips on rationing.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lantern slides came into existence during the nineteenth century and continued into the early twentieth century. Lantern slides are typically glass plates with an image imprinted on them. A projector casts light through the slide, which passes through a lens that focuses the image on the projected screen. Slides gained popularity in classroom settings and for use between theater shows during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They acted as advertisements and service announcements for the theaters while the projection crew swapped out movie reels. With the advent of movie trailers and advertisement films, lantern slides fell in popularity but their legacy remains as the precursor to slide projectors created during the 1950s through the 1980s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17 Glass slides
label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1914-1925
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred from the Division of Culture and the Arts to the Archives Center. Date unknown.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1294
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Glass slides
label: Type
content: Cartoons (humorous images)
label: Type
content: Lantern slides
label: Type
content: Advertisements
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1: War Effort, 1914-1919


Series 2: Advertisements, 1914-1925


Series 3: Miscellaneous, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Corey Schmidt, 2016.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Lantern slides digitized in 2016. See repository for details.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Cartoons (humorous images)
label: Genre/Form
content: Lantern slides
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of seventeen lantern slides related to World War I efforts, advertisements, and miscellaneous use. There is no information about who created or produced the slides.

The slides depict tips for rationing food and clothing, calls from the American Red Cross and the Merchant Marines to assist in the war effort, and promotions to buy treasury and stamp savings bonds. The advertisements depict clothing, home furnishings, local events, and boxing matches. The single miscellaneous lantern slide depicts a humorous scene of a family living in close quarters.
relatedmaterial: label: Materials in the Archives Center
content: Robert Bagby Stereographs and Lantern Slides collection (AC1185)

Lantern Slide Collection (AC0686)

Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs (AC0945)