YMCA lantern slide collection, 1910s-1920s.

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YMCA lantern slide collection, 1910s-1920s.

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Lantern slides and lantern slide shows or lectures compiled by the YMCA, for educational or entertainment use, depicting YMCA activities, mainly in the areas of international (foreign) work and armed services work during World War I.

1727 slides and 9 volumes (31 boxes).

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University of Minnesota Libraries. Kautz Family YMCA Archives. [ymca]

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Lantern slide technology was widely used by the YMCA and the various lecture departments of national and local YMCAs during the early decades of the 20th century. Using either gas or electric lamps, light was projected through a glass image and thrown on a wall or screen. These images allowed lectures to add illustrative and often dramatic images to their presentations. Many Americans working in foreign YMCAs used this technology to help bridge the language gap. This allowed the YMCA to bring it...

Young Men's Christian Associations of North America. International Committee

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