Lantern Slide
notes: label: Description
content: Glass lantern slide in a rectangular wooden frame. The front of the frame is incised “T.H. MC ALLISTER / OPTICIAN N.Y.” A paper label on one edge reads “Interesting Subjects, –Willow Leaf – Sun.” The image shown is a sunspot. The “Willow Leaf” pattern on the sun was described in 1860 by the British astronomer, James Nasmyth.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.328126.21
label: catalog number
content: 328126.21
label: accession number
content: 271987
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lantern slide
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 7 in x 3/8 in; 10.16 cm x 17.78 cm x .9525 cm