Glass Lantern Slides. Any Info?

[drc]

I think you paid a fair price. It it's glass it's authentic, as they used glass only on antique slides.

I've seen glass slides of Cobb, Joe Jackson, Walter Johnson and such before, but they are rare.

[bobbvc]

Oh it's glass, and it's spectacular!

[atx840]

This was an odd pickup as I mainly collect T206s, but I liked how they looked. Unfortunately there were two others I missed.

Have yet to figure out the best way to scan them, they are almost the size of my hand.

[drc]

Those are sharp too.

[bobbvc]

So I'm guessing these were shown in theaters pre news reel? The one I have looks like a colorized photo. I'm wondering if it's safe to scan without hurting it.

[khkco4bls]

Glass lantern slide. Used in theatres and such.

[Exhibitman]

Correct, glass lanterns typically used in movie houses between shows, sort of a newsreel or coming attraction from the silent era. Not common given the delicacy of the material. I have a few of Jess Willard, the heavyweight champ, but those baseball ones are spectacular. Not any good ways to shoot them casually. What you really need is a light table like for slides. I tried to shine a light behind this Willard v. Jack Johnson one while I scanned it:



Didn't work too well. This one scanned OK with a piece of white comic book board behind it just because the image has sharp areas of contrast.