Summary
Note: This object includes a derogatory human depiction and white superiority messaging. Such depictions are not condoned by Museums Victoria which considers them to be racist. Historical distance and context do not excuse or erase this fact.
Colour glass lantern slide of a sketch of two female heads. 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. Binks used the slides to suggest relationships between physiognomy and personality.
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
Sketch of two heads.
Physical Description
Standard format (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch square) colour lantern slide.
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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 at 210 Flinders Lane, Melbourne from 1939. -
User
Walter S. Binks, 80 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1940s-1950s
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Format
Lantern Slide, Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.), Colour
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Inscriptions
Text: GUNN'S SLIDE, 210 Flinders Lane, Melb. Cent. 2763.
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Overall Dimensions
82 mm (Width), 82 mm (Height)
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