Summary

Lantern slide of four photos of famous people. The lower right image is of Thomas Edison.

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. This slide would have been used to demonstrate the presumed relationships between physiognomy and occupation or 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

Coloured glass lantern slide containing four photographic images of the head and shoulders of four men. They are all at least middle aged, two are wearing a hat and the other two have grey hair.

Physical Description

Standard format (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch square) colour lantern slide.

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