Glass slides, 1898-1899.

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Glass slides, 1898-1899.

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Homemade glass slides (39) document historic buildings, fort, rock formations, and harbors of Mackinac Island (Mich.) (12), Arlington Hotel, Petoskey (Mich.) (1), Pointe Aux Barques lighthouse north of Detroit (Mich.) (1), Chicago (Ill.) general (8, including one of a statue of Abraham Lincoln by August Saint-Gaudens in Lincoln Park) and buildings and statues of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (2) seen in 1898-1899, the interior of a fancy home in Denver (Col.). (1), Goodrich Dock, possibly in Milwaukee (Wis.) (1), Dorothy Vernon's Doorway at Hadden Hall (Debyshire, England) (1), buildings and rural views of Lamont (Mich.) (3, possibly 6), and two ships, the Illinois, launched April 22, 1899, and the U.S.S. Oregon returning from the Philippines, 1898. Miscellaneous, unidentified buildings and rural scenes,three possibly of Lamont, the interior of a store, and one of men riding on a miniature train complete the collection. The slides are in good condition and in their original slide box. The slides were probably in part both collected and created by George H. Luther. A few of the slides are dated 1898 and 1899.

.25 cubic ft. (in 1 slide box) : ill.

Clarke Historical Library

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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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