A few examples of lantern slides

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Definitely Awesome Artwork-------------------------------                                                    

Definitely a lot of emotion in the   original images.

 It's my inheritance, mildly...

When my grandfather, a projectionist, passed away about a decade ago, he left the earth with a number of his scattered treasures.  I feel as though I've found the X, it's marking the spot. 

My grandmother gave me these slides to try and sell them on eBay (which is now basically defunct).  They are still really interesting.

GOBOs or Lantern Slides

I have a ton of these things, and in all shapes in sizes.  Probably about ~400 total.

They are each a masterpiece of artwork.  Hand painted (I think) artwork on a glass slide that is then projected with light onto a certain type of surface.

Missing Pieces

Unfortunately, I am missing the actual LANTERN to the LANTERN SLIDE set up. 

Although I have, but almost a million of these bad boys, I can only see them in their truest splendor with a flashlight in a closet with all the lights off.

Even still though, with the help of my friend Jason Russell, I was able to capture some VERY cool shots of light reflecting throughout the paint on some of these slides.

There are a few different varities:

• Small 1"x1" glass slides with strange pictures of all kinds of events and written words.
• Larger 2"x2" glass slides with a metal frame that slides into another piece that I have (not shown)

• Wood-laden, hand painted, vintage lantern slides.  They require a special projection system to be enjoyed at their maximum capacity