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Tagged: glass slides

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Soldiers of the Cross
The Salvation Army's pioneering multimedia work Soldiers of the Cross premiered at the Melbourne Town Hall on 13 September 1900. Referred to by the organisation as a 'lecture’, and once thought to be...
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Walter Scott Griffiths' Glass Slides with Alternative Plans for Canberra
These 24 glass slides show detailed plans of an alternative design for the city of Canberra. They are by Walter Scott Griffiths, who entered the Federal Capital City Design Competition in 1911 in a...
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Gallipoli Campaign
This collection includes images of Anzac troops in Egypt and Gallipoli, some beautiful hand-tinted glass slides and a couple of popular songs from the First World War era. Australia’s baptism of fire...
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Spirit slides
These 19th century photographic glass slides purport to show images of both the living and the dead. The ghostly apparition pictures come from the collection of AJ Abbott, a practising spiritualist...
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Alternative Canberra designs by Walter Scott Griffiths
The NFSA has acquired 24 glass slides by Walter Scott Griffiths illustrating his alternative vision for Australia’s future capital city.
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The magic of glass
Curator Itzell Tazzyman introduces 21st century audiences to the wonders of 19th century magic lanterns.
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Cinema Glass Slides – Political Party Campaign Advertisements
The NFSA collection contains over 100 political glass slide advertisements from 1917 to 1976.
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19th century ghost photos
These 19th century photographic glass slides purport to show images of both the living and the dead.
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The Quo Vadis connection
Martyn Jolly, Head of Photography and Media Arts at the ANU School of Art, writes about the connection between 'Soldiers of the Cross' and one of the world's first blockbuster films, Italy's 'Quo...
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Orphan works
The NFSA sponsors a new user guide on flexible dealing and cultural institutions.
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