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EAP1190/1/5
- Record Id:
- 036-004402971
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004402810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173881638.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1190/1/5
- Title:
- Lantern Slides
- Scope & Content:
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A collection of mounted images most probably used to illustrate lectures and to disseminate news. The slides are a mix of original material from Boyden Observatory and commercially-available reproductions. The bulk of the material consists of reproductions of plates taken at Boyden Observatory (South Africa) showing the progress of site construction, serving as a valuable record of early development. A few images show widely-reproduced views of Boyden Observatory while in Peru. A small number of slides appear to be reproductions that were commercially available in the 1910s, showing famous telescopes and buildings in the United States of America, Canada, and Germany. Several slides depict celestial objects.
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Extent: 105 lantern slides, glass positives with black paper masks and taped edges.
Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2 cm, width 10.2 cm, thickness 0.2 cm.
Condition of original material: Stable.
Custodial history: N/a.
Arrangement: N/a.
Alternative calendar and date: N/a, N/a
Author(s)/Creator(s): English.
Scribe(s): Latin.
Publisher(s): Left-to-Right.
Editor(s): Unrestricted.
Volume number: N/a.
Original institution reference: LSB.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Boyden Observatory Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004402810
036-004402971 - Is part of:
- EAP1190/1 : Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
EAP1190/1/5 : Lantern Slides - Contains:
- EAP1190/1/5/1 : Boyden Lantern Slides Box 3: Scenery (including South American), astronomical objects, diagrams, Boyden Observatory, and Mazelspoort.
EAP1190/1/5/2 : Boyden Lantern Slides Box 4: Telescopes and astronomical objects.
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP1190/1/5 - Hierarchy:
- 032-004402810[0005]/036-004402971
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1190/1
- Record Type (Level):
- Series
- Extent:
- 105
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP1190-1-5 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not Applicable
- Start Date:
- 1891
- End Date:
- 1994
- Date Range:
- 1891-1994
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- CC BY-NC
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
These collections are not available to request in British Library Reading Rooms.
Digital copies can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
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- Former External References:
- LSB
- Arrangement:
- N/a
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies are also held by: Centre for Astronomical Heritage (CfAH)
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in Boyden Observatory, Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)