Item MM 39791 Lantern Slide - Riverbank by Hugh Conran, Australia, circa 1910s

Summary

A black and white lantern slide depicting trees growing along a riverbank.

This item forms part of a collection of over 400 lantern slides and photographic negatives created by WWI veteran and amateur photographer Hugh Marcel Conran. Items within this collection illustrate everyday rural and domestic life in Australia circa 1910 - 1920.

Description of Content

Bare trees with gnarled branches extending forth.

Physical Description

Standard format lantern slide, consisting of two glass sheets each 3.25 x 3.25 ins (83 x 83 mm), one pane bearing a black and white image and the other pane protecting the image.