Collection Highlights
Indenture of Peter van Dyck and Cornelia, his Wife, Documenting the Administration of Margrieta van Varick's Estate
Date:
September 4, 1719
Object Number:
MSS.VanCortlandtPapers.vanDyck
Medium:
Pen and ink on paper, wax
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Lantern slide
Object Number:
2002.1.4824
Date:
1924-1930
Medium:
Paper, glass
Dimensions:
4 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 1/8 in.
Description:
One of a set of twelve glass lantern slides showing advertisements for early films, some with the color and quality of movie posters. This one is for "Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court". The cardboard frame is printed "Excelsior Illustrating Co., Inc./ 219-221 Sixth Ave. N.Y."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
