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  2. Magic lantern - Wikipedia

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    The first photographic lantern slides, called hyalotypes, were invented by the German-born brothers Ernst Wilhelm (William) and Friedrich (Frederick) Langenheim in 1848 in Philadelphia and patented in 1850.

  3. Stereopticon - Wikipedia

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    To enjoy the details of photographic slides optimally, the stronger lanterns were needed. By 1860 Massachusetts chemist and businessman John Fallon improved a large biunial lantern, imported from England, and named it 'stereopticon'. [2] For a usual fee of ten cents, people could view realistic images of nature, history, and science themes. [3]

  4. List of lantern slide collections - Wikipedia

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    Around 2,500 lantern slides on a wide range of subjects. It includes photographic slides depicting Sheffield and home-made glass slides. The Folklore Society: University College London's Special Collections: London A collection of lantern slides illustrating various folk tales from around the world by the artist and photographer Henry Underhill ...

  5. 1860 in animation - Wikipedia

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    By 1860, the Massachusetts-based chemist and businessman John Fallon improved a large biunial magic lantern, imported from England, and named it 'stereopticon'. [5] The device was a slide projector with two lenses, usually one above the other, and has since been used to project photographic images. [6]

  6. Henry Underhill - Wikipedia

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    Henry Michael John Underhill (1855–1920) was an amateur scientist, artist, photographer and grocer from Oxford, England. [1]Underhill is best known for his hand-painted and photographic lantern slides which illustrate a variety of subjects including entomology, natural history, prehistoric British archaeology and folk tales.

  7. Underwood & Underwood - Wikipedia

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    In 1924-25, Underwood & Underwood took the first vertically controlled aerial photographs of the new cities of Miami and Miami Beach. [5] Approximately 400 images were taken showing the final phase of the first building boom, which collapsed shortly after when the Great Hurricane of 1926 destroyed both locations. The quality of the images was ...

  8. Hand-colouring of photographs - Wikipedia

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    In the past, photographic lantern slides were often coloured by the manufacturer, though sometimes by the user, with variable results. [18] Usually, oil colours were used for such slides, though in the collodion era – from 1848 to the end of the 19th century – sometimes watercolours were used as well.

  9. Eadweard Muybridge - Wikipedia

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    The Daily Alta California reported that Muybridge first exhibited magic lantern projected slides of the photographs at the San Francisco Art Association on 8 July 1878. [63] Newspapers were not yet able to reproduce detailed photographs, so the images were widely printed as woodcut engravings. [59]