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Set of Magic Lantern Photographs & Chinese Photographs
Estimate:
$10 - $200
Sold
$40
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Description
Set of 3 magic lantern photographic slides and 27 sepia photographic illustrations. The antique glass slides include a Royal Elephant Hunt in Siam; Eskimo Girls, Part of Crew S.S. Eric at Upernavik, Greenland; and Market Street, Twin Peaks in Distance, San Francisco, Cal. Vintage sepia illustrations feature William Thomas Saunders' Scene After the Beheading of 15 Boxers in China and The Remains of Two Boxers Who Were Beheaded in China. Other shots range from Jap Post office in Tien Tsin China to The Empress of China Being Escorted Back into Pekin. Each glass slide: 4"L x 3"H. Each photographic illustrations: 7"L x 5"H.

Issued: Early and MId-20th century
Dimensions: See Description
Country of Origin: United States
Condition
Age related wear. Eskimo Girls glass is partially broken on upper left.