Lantern slides representing sporting events
Content Description
This is a collection of thirty lantern slides (8.5 cm sq.) which cover a number of training style poses and sporting/athletic events such as running, shot put throw, high jump, rope pulling, and hurdles. There is no accompanying description, but they appear to be connected with the University of Edinburgh. The Scottish athlete Eric Liddell, who studied at the University in 1920-1924, appears in some of them.
Dates
- Creation: 1920s
Physical Description
Slides in good condition, rehoused in bespoke box.
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
To be handled with gloves.
Extent
30 items
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the Library in July 2019. The previous owner had purchased them in a charity chop in London. Accession no. SC-Acc-2019-0090.
Physical Description
Slides in good condition, rehoused in bespoke box.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Aline Brodin in June 2021.
Subject
- Title
- Lantern slides representing sporting events, 1920s
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
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