Summary
Colour glass lantern slide of eight portraits of famous engineers or inventors. Individuals include: Zeppelin, Edison, Westinghouse, Amet, Bell, Maxim, Marconi and Octave Chanute. Made by Alex. Gunn & Sons, Melbourne, Victoria, circa 1940s.
One of a set of over 420 lantern slides, used by lecturer Walter S. Binks, a popular psychology and vocational guidance lecturer based in Melbourne, Victoria. Binks gave lectures throughout Australia in the 1930s and 1940s. Binks advertised his lectures as associated with the Australasian Opportunity League or Universal Opportunity League.
Purchased by the donor at an opportunity shop. The collection was stored in three wooden trays (two compartments in each tray), and 95 slides stored separately. Many of the slides were produced in Melbourne from images and cuttings presumably supplied by Binks.
Description of Content
Slide containing eight boxes each with a picture of a man's face. Individuals include: Zeppelin, Edison, Westinghouse, Amet, Bell, Maxim, Marconi and Octave Chanute.
Physical Description
Standard format (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch square) colour lantern slide, with image printed on glass.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mrs Orsini, 25 Oct 1990
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Manufacturer
Gunn's Slides, 210 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1940s
Gunn's Slides were located at Cathedral House, 210 Flinders Lane (cnr Quirk Lane), Melbourne, from 1939-1960. -
User
Walter S. Binks, 80 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1940s-1950s
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Person Depicted
Count Ferdinand A. von Zeppelin, Germany, 1838-1917
Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917) was a German general and a pioneer in the early practical development of airships and aircraft. -
Person Depicted
Mr Thomas A. Edison, Orange West, New Jersey, United States of America, 1847-1931
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) was one of the world's most prolific inventors, being responsible for the early development of the incandescent electric light bulb, the phonograph for the recording and reproduction of sound and the motion picture camera. -
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Mr George Westinghouse Jnr, New York, United States of America, 1846-1914
George Westinghouse (1846-1914) was an American Civil War veteran, entrepreneur and engineer who invented a compressed air braking system in 1869 that revolutionised the safety of railway travel. In 1886, he founded the Westinghouse Electric Company that became a pioneer in the development of alternating current (A.C.) electricity generation and transmission systems throughout the world. -
Person Depicted
Mr Edward H. Amet, Waukegan, Illinois, United States of America, 1860-1948
Together with George K. Spoor, Box Office Manager of the Phoenix Opera House in Waukegan, Illinois, USA, Edward Amet (1860-1948) developed the world first practical 35mm movie projector suitable for screenings to mass audiences, knowno as 'The Magniscope'. -
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Mr Alexander G. Bell, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 1847-1922
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) invented the world's first practical telephone, which he patented in 1876. -
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Sir Hiram S. Maxim, United States of America & Great Britain, 1840-1916
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) was an American inventor who later emigrated to England and adopted British citizenship. He is best known as the inventor of the first portable, fully automatic machine gun and the mousetrap, but also laid a claim to inventing the electric lightbulb and was noted as a pioneer in the development of the theory of powered flight, although none of the experiemental aircraft he built ever successful flew. -
Person Depicted
Mr Guglielmo Marconi, Italy, 1874-1937
Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) was an Italian inventor, known for his development of Marconi's law and early radio telegraph and radio broadcast systems. -
Person Depicted
Mr Chanute Octave, United States of America, 1832-1910
Chanute Octave (1832-1910) was born a French-born civil engineer who became a naturalized American citizen. He was noted for his interest in aviation and the early development of human-piloted gilders, with his designs having a major influence on the later work of the Wright Brothers of Dayton, Ohio. -
Format
Lantern Slide, Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.), Colour
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Inscriptions
Text, edge of slide: GUNN'S SLIDE, 210 Flinders Lane, Melb. Cent. 2736.
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Overall Dimensions
82 mm (Width), 82 mm (Height)
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