Lantern slide collections, 1879-ca. 1950.

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Young, H. J.,. Lantern slide collections, 1879-ca. 1950.

Lantern slide collections, 1879-ca. 1950.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35290932

This collection consists of fifteen series of lantern slides used for specific presentations, miscellaneous unrelated slides, and slides collected for clubs or public relations purposes. The series of slides include: Newark in the nineteenth century and in 1953; H. Young and the Newark Camera Club; Perth Amboy historic views; Morris Canal lectures (ca. 1910); Newark Female Academy (ca. 1879-1905) including images of integrated classrooms, camps, African-American camp at Belmar, and adult women's classes; Portraits of rectors of Trinity Church, Newark (1851-1900); New Jersey transportation slides documenting various modes of transportation in 1920; Passaic Basin slides regarding New Jersey geography; Jersey City slides including images of Christ Hospital, St. Mary's Church, and many early twentieth-century views. Newark's 250th Anniversary Celebration with posters, people, and parades (1916); William Archibald slides of lightning near the Meadowlands and Newark (1891-1900); New Jersey Family and Estate Gardens; Keystone views of New Jersey slides including images documenting the farming, silk, and pottery industries; Pioneer Home Craft series; New Jersey History Gallery; McAllister Company slides; and assorted slides including turn-of-the-century bicyclists and Orange (city) fire trucks.

892 lantern slides (19 boxes)

New Jersey Historical Society Library