[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - MAGIC LANTERN]. A French magic lantern by H. Coulon, with accessories.

15 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 13 in. magic lantern (updated with electrical plug and light bulb, functional though not tested for prolonged use or picture quality). Back of lantern features plaque reading, "H. Coulon / Constructeur / Paris."

[With:] 6 yellow tickets, each 4 x 1 3/4 in., admitting the bearer to a "War Scenes" show for 25 cents. Verso features stamp for "M. D. Ingraham, Agt., / Norway, Kans" (heavy creasing, some surface soil and wear to edges and corners). -- 7 orange tickets, each 4 x 1 1/2 in., admitting the bearer to a "War Scenes" [lantern] show for 35 cents. Retains perforated section to be kept by seat holder. -- 6 x 8 in. glass advertising plate for "Noakes & Norman / Manufacturers of / Lanterns, / Cinematographs, / Accessory Apparatus." London, S.E. Plate features large illustration of a magic lantern at center. -- 8 x 11 in. reproduction broadside promoting the "Greatest Show on Earth / For the Money...Magic Lantern / Exhibition!" -- Together, 15 advertising/promotional items.

[Also with:] Accessories including a 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. wooden stereoviewer; 10 additional wooden mounts; 2 packages of "The Ideal Lantern Slide Mats" (nos. 13 & 14); one package of modern lantern slide binding strips; multiple packages of rectangular slide covers; numerous plastic slide display stands, and more, housed in a wooden box with top fully separated.

The Civil War Collection of Dennis C. Schurr