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Manuscript Name | Glass Magic Lantern Slides Collection |
Manuscript Number | MSS 384 |
Last Updated | June 2021 |
Extent | 1 box |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | 22 glass magic lantern slides |
Military
This collection of 22 glass magic lantern slides (83x83mm, 3.25x3.25 inch) contains three small sub-collections. The first series contains 5 slides of naval scenes, the second series 8 slides on the Anglo-Afghan wars, and the third series 9 slides on British history.
c1915-1920 [?]
Access: Open Access
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
Copying: Copying of material for private research and study is approved
Preferred Citation
Glass Magic Lantern Slides Collection, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, MSS 384, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
The collection was acquired in 1985.
Glass magic lantern slides, American Civil War, Battle of Mobile, warships, battleships, World War I, Anglo-Afghan War, Afghanistan, British history, Battle of Quatre-Bras, Battle of Waterloo, Seven Years’ War, Peninsular War, Battle of Salamanca
Mohammad Yaqub Khan, 1849-1923
Sir Louis Cavagnari, 1841-1879
James Wolfe, 1727-1759
AV Box 1
22 glass magic lantern slides - Digitised images are available on request
Naval Scenes
AV1.1 – ‘Fort Fisher. Position of ships during second attack / Battle of Mobile’
AV1.2 – ‘Royal [?]’ (XX century battleship)
AV1.3 – ‘The Naval Situation […] The German Navy / The Naval Situation […] The British Navy’. Spring 1914 & Spring 1915
AV1.4 - Twentieth century battleships
AV1.5 - Naval battle (man in the water)
Afghan Wars
AV1.6 – The Ameer Yakoob Khan and Major Cavagnari signing the Treaty of Gandamak
AV1.7 – Street battle (sword & gun)
AV1.8 – ‘Interior of City of Kandahar’
AV1.9 - Landscape with caravan
AV1.10 – ‘Entrance into K[…] Parush’ (landscape with cave)
AV1.11 – ‘The Village of Urg[…]’ (landscape with cannons)
AV1.12 - Souk
AV1.13 - Three dignitaries and two armed soldiers
British History
AV1.14 – ‘Plan of Battle of Quatre-Bras, 16th June 1815’
AV1.15 – ‘Death of General Wolff [Wolfe]’ - Painting by Benjamin West
AV1.16 – ‘Charge of the Guards at Waterloo’
AV1.17 – ‘The Battle of Salamanca, 1812’
AV1.18 – ‘Waterloo. Plan showing the Formation of the Lines at the Battle’
AV1.19 – ‘Firing 22-Ton Gun’
AV1.20 – ‘A Roman Galley’
AV1.21 – ‘Blue Jackets 4.7 Gun ready’
AV1.22 – ‘Gibraltar, from San Felipe’