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Effie Brown Earll Slingerland lantern slides

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 21-23-735

Scope and content

Slides (some hand colored) of butterflies, moths, and worms, made by Mrs. Slingerland at the request of her husband, Professor Mark Vernon Slingerland, and John Henry and Anna Botsford Comstock.

Dates

  • [ca. 1900]

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Slingerland believed that she was the first person to make color slides.

Extent

.3 cubic feet. (.3 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English

Bibliographic References

Coverage complete -- Described in REPORT OF THE CURATOR AND ARCHIVIST, 1962-1966, page 174.
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Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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