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    Posted 7 years ago

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    KKs_Kitsch
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    I discovered several of these and am wondering what they are? Ambrotype? Collodion? Daguerreotype? Please help!

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    Rare Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide
    Rare Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide...
    $51
    Vintage William Lawson magic lantern ether saturator c1880 #4654
    Vintage William Lawson magic lanter...
    $80
    Rare Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide for parts / restoration
    Rare Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide...
    $319
    c. 1910 BASEBALL~GLASS SLIDE YANKEES BIRDIE CREE & CALDWELL~WASH. MGR CALDWELL+
    c. 1910 BASEBALL~GLASS SLIDE YANKEE...
    $32
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    Rare Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide
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    1. artfoot artfoot, 7 years ago
      Magic lantern slides.
    2. SpiritBear, 7 years ago
      As for what a magic lantern is, it's an early projector which causes the image to expand into a seemingly life-size projection on a screen or wall. Early ones were flame-powered. Most later ones were electric. They were very novel back in the day.

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