Summary

Alternative Name(s); Children's Slide; Magic Lantern Slide

Slide number 2 from a set of 12 lantern slides depicting the story of Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves. Depicts a man in a cave surrounded by bags and parcels that suggest treasure.

Part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Australian and Victorian Governments in 1975. David Francis was the curator of the National Film and Sound Archive of the British Film Institute as well as being a co-founder of the Museum of the Moving Image in London, which was operational between 1988 and 1999.

Description of Content

Lantern slide showing a man in a cave surrounded by bags and parcels. He wears a short white tunic, red and white striped turban, sandals and bare legs. An open door to the outside appears in the background.

Physical Description

Lantern slide featuring a colour image printed on glass with pink paper edging. A second piece of glass is attached to protect the printed image.

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