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Transparency, Lantern Slide
Object/Artifact
Magic Lantern glass slide - bordered in green paper. Black background, 4 scenes of anthropomorphic animals L-R: a squirrel writing a letter at a desk, a duck playing piano (or pump organ or harpsicord) with its feet, two birds dressed in green clothing holding a green umbrella, two birds dressed in fine clothing and dancing (?)
2022.08.043
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Animals --Pictorial works.
2-1/4 in
8 in
Glass