American Press Association Lantern Slides
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Keystone View Company
label: Collection Creator
content: Maertz, J.F., Department Store (Milwaukee, Wis.).
label: Collection Photographer
content: Rau, William H., 1855-1920
label: Collection Creator
content: Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941
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content: Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0945, Series 3
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content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series 3: American Press Association lantern slides, undated, is divided into ten subseries: Subseries 1: General Images, undated; Subseries 2: Coffins and soldiers, undated; Subseries 3: Mexican War, undated; Subseries 4: Niagara Falls Conference, undated; Subseries 5: Pancho Villa and Major Gonzales, undated; Subseries 6: Parade, undated; Subseries 7: Refugees, undated; Subseries 8: Warships, undated; Subseries 9: West Virginia Mine Explosion, undated; and Subseries 10: Women March for Votes (Suffrage), undated.

The series consists of lantern slides from the American Press Association depicting news events from early twentieth century history (e.g., Mexican War; Ludlow Colorado strike; suffragettes; Gettysburg veterans; various ship disasters).  Each slide has a caption with a brief description of the scene.  Many slides are cracked; one is completely broken and is in a folded paper. There are also approximately fifty slides with scenes of events associated with the Mexican-American War, most with short captions identifying the scenes.  Many of these slides are cracked.