Instructive Optical Toys. Magic Lanterns, Dissolving View Apparati, Sciopticons, Cinematographs, Large collection of new slides in sets. Stereoscopes. Magnifying glasses, Reading glasses (1906)

Record Details:

Title:
Instructive Optical Toys. Magic Lanterns, Dissolving View Apparati, Sciopticons, Cinematographs, Large collection of new slides in sets. Stereoscopes. Magnifying glasses, Reading glasses
Date:
1906
Publisher:
Nuremburg: Gebrüder Bing
Volume:
Gebrüder Bing: Instructive Optical Toys
Leaf #:
0003
Language:
English
Collection:
Magic Lantern and Lantern Slide Catalog
Format:
Catalogs
Contributor:
private collection
Sponsor:
A Million Pictures
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The catalog's full title is 'Instructive Optical Toys. Magic Lanterns, Dissolving View Apparati, Sciopticons, Cinematographs, large collection of new slides in sets. Stereoscopes. Magnifying glasses, Reading glasses'. It was part of a larger catalog of German toy producer Gebrüder Bing from Nuremberg, issued in 1906. This English version of the catalog was issued for international distribution. The producer used the English translation of their name: Bing Brothers. The digital version only shows the section (pages 228-270). To learn more about lantern slides produced by Bing Brothers / Gebrüder Bing, visit the Lucerna magic lantern web resource: http://slides.uni-trier.de/organisation/index.php?id=1000659 .
Date Added:
August 29, 2022
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