San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. Arnold Genthe, 1906.
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Deterioration and Preservation of Lantern Slides
 Call number: LC-G4085-78 |
This image of Margaret Severn is from a fractured glass lantern slide. Lantern slides are positive glass transparencies made for projection. Genthe used these "magic lantern slides" for lectures. |
 Call number: LC-G4085-0287 |
In 1908, Genthe traveled to Japan and Korea. Although the majority of the Genthe collection lantern slides are black-and-white, eight hand-colored images have survived. This hand-colored lantern slide shows a temple on the island of Hokkaido. |
