Catalogue of stereopticons, dissolving view apparatus, magic lanterns : and list of over 3000 carefully selected views for the illustration of subjects of popular interest. (1867)

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McAllister, Optician, 49 Nassau St., New York. 81 AMERICAN VIEWS. $1.00 New York—Washington Statue. Harlem High Bridge. Central Park. Philadelphia—Girard College. Deaf and Dumb Asylum. Fairmount Water Works. Independence Hall. Laurel Hill Cemetery. Woodlands Cemetery. Tomb of Dr. Kane. Boston—Franklin Statue. John Hancock House. View from State House. Prof. Longfellow at Home. Washington City—President's House. U. S. Capitol. Smithsonian Institute. Treasury Building. Mount Vernon—The Mansion House. Washington's Tomb. White Mountain—Tip Top House. The Willey House. The Summit House, in Winter. The Flume. The Basin. Snow Arch. Mount Mashington. " Frost Work. Crystal Cascade. Jackson Cascade. Gibbs' Falls. Glen Ellis Falls. The Sentinel Each. Column Rock. Table Rock. Pulpit Rock. Echo Lake. Ammonoosuc Falls. Old Man of the Mountain. Niagara—General View of the Falls. American Falls. British Falls. Table Rock. Suspension Bridge, Railroad Track. " Carriage Way. Trees encrusted with Snow. Icicles hanging from the Rocks. Charleston, S. C.—Ruins of the Cathedral. Ruins in Broad Street. The Sister Churches. The Mills House. Old Market House. Post Office and Palmetto Tree. Tomb of Calhoun, interior of Castle Pinckney. Fort Sumter—Exterior, showing effects of Bom- bardment. Interior, Officers' Quarters. The Celebration, April 14,1865. Frigate New Ironsides. The Monitor Casco. Winter Quarters of the Army. Bomb Proof Quarters at Fort Burnham. A Battery Ready for Action. * New Views constantly added to the Collection* SLIDES WITH LEVSS MOTION TO THE FIGURES.-$3.00 per Slide. Horse Drinking—Moves his head. Cow Drinking—Moves her head. Man that takes off his hat. Swan—Moves head and neck. Mary, Queen of Scots, at Prayer. Boot-black, blacking boots. Stag—scratches its back with its horns. Etc., Man breaking stone. Lady riding. Cobbler at work. Beggar taking off his hat. Ship at anchor rocked by the waves. Lecturer on Phrenology touching the bumps. Etc. Etc. DOUBLE LEVER SLIDES, OR WITH TWO MOTIONS.-$4.00 per Slide. Thief—A monkey steals the dinner dessert. Man, that first moves his arm, then raises it to his head and removes'his hat. Old Man Begging, makes a bow and takes off his hat. Etc., Etc., Etc. MOVING DIORAMIC SLIDES. On Slides, from 12 to 14 inches long, with 2 Glasses, on one of which the scene is painted, and on the other the figures. The glass containing the figures is moved in a groove, and the Figures, Vessels, etc., appear to pass across the scene. Arch of Trajan, Procession of Monks $4 00 Tower of London—boats moving past. ... $4 00 Holyrood Abbey—people passing 4 00 Castle of Chillon, " ...4 00 Melrose Abbey 4 00 Tintern Abbey—boats moving past 4 00 Fingal's Cave, " Naposaki, in Japan, " Andernach on the Rhine, " Smuggler's Cave, " Eddystone Light House, " Rome and the Tiber, " 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 400 Stag Hunt—horses and dogs moving 4 00 Mad Bull—people chasins: him ._. 4 00 Menagerie—keeper pointing to the cage in which various animals appear in succession 4 00 Israelites Crossing the Red Sea 6 00 Noah and the Animals Entering the Ark . 6 00