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Magic Lanterns
Date 1870-1930
Dimensions1244 glass plates. - 15 booklets. - 1 object.
Object NumberC558
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of McGill University - Department of Geography
Administrative History

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Wilfrid Bovey, then director of McGill University's Department of Extramural Relations, set up a service to provide the public with illustrated lectures on a variety of subjects. The almost 50 illustrated lectures that were produced were divided into five series of varying importance: geography and travel, history, science, natural history and religion.

The lecture kits, which were mailed out to institutions or groups that requested them, were made up of lecture booklets and glass slides for magic lanterns. The McCord Museum has in the present collection some of the booklets and the accompanying glass slides.


Scope and Content

This collection deals with the whole of Canada and illustrates a type of teaching that McGill University engaged in during the 1920s and 1930s.

The collection contains pedagogical materials used for illustrated lectures: sets of glass slides and the accompanying teacher's books.


Information about the objects in our collection is updated to reflect new research findings. If you have any information to share regarding this object, please email reference.mccord@mccord-stewart.ca.

Information about rights and reproductions is available here.

Online Collections | McCord Museum - Montreal Social History Museum
A Magic Lantern Lesson
A Magic Lantern Lesson
Rostap
1905
M2001X.6.43.4.17
Magic Lantern, title page, 1848
Magic Lantern, title page, 1848
A. Morris
1848
M911.1.4
The Metamorphoser, magic lantern
The Metamorphoser, magic lantern
1879-1900
M970.92.1.1-4
Child's magic lantern
Child's magic lantern
Schoenner
about 1895
M968.55.2.1-6
Carnival of Magic of the Society of American Magicians
Carnival of Magic of the Society of American Magicians
1931
M2014.128.706.24
Magic! Music! Mystery!
Magic! Music! Mystery!
1880
M2014.128.703.48
Houdini's Master Magic Tricks Explained
Houdini's Master Magic Tricks Explained
1930
M2014.128.709.38
Exposing Houdini's Tricks of Magic
Exposing Houdini's Tricks of Magic
1929
M2014.128.709.37
Houdini's Mystifying Magic Stunts Exposed
Houdini's Mystifying Magic Stunts Exposed
1929
M2014.128.709.36
In the Modern Spiritual Science: Houdini, The Magic Spiritual Medium
In the Modern Spiritual Science: Houdini, The Magic Spiritual Medium
1947
M2014.128.709.60
List of Harry Houdini's Magic Books
List of Harry Houdini's Magic Books
1992
M2014.128.709.58
Revised list of contents of  the book Elliott's Quality Magic
Revised list of contents of the book Elliott's Quality Magic
About 1921
M2014.128.707.8

This project is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Azrieli Foundation and Canadian Heritage.