“Magic Lantern in Panjab [Punjab] Rev. W. Dalgetty.” View of several men seated and standing watching magic lantern show. Rev. William Dalgetty (1868-1935), ordained in 1899 and transferred to Sailkot in 1902, is operating the machine. The magic lantern was a projector like device invented in the 17th century. A glass slide was placed in front of the aperture. A light source behind the slide projects the image through a lens and onto a screen. The magic lantern is considered a forerunner to motion pictures.
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78923
- Date published
- circa 1910
- Dates
- circa 1910
- Pages
- Photographic prints, 8.7 x 7 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Asia Pakistan Punjab
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Pakistan
- Reference
- impa-a-nls-75647908-1.tif
- Rights
- For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License. manuscripts@nls.uk
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/fa991e8b208427c0fd1b4d1cff48fcfe
