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Projector, Lantern Slide
Object/Artifact
An example of Walter Tyler’s Pattern Helioscopic Lantern, (patent circa 1890). The front lens has several extending parts, which makes it possible to use the lantern in a very large hall.
2022.08.218
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Walter Tyler
1880 - 1900
London
England
United Kingdom
Western Europe
Europe
12-1/2 in
5 in
16 in
Tin