A classic 'good night' for #MottoSlideMonday, courtesy of the #MartinGilbertCollection
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Posts by The Magic Lantern Society
An extraordinary new attraction at Efteling Park, Netherlands: De Man met de Toverlantaarn - "The Man with the Magic Lantern"
www.efteling.com/nl/park/attr...
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Save the Date! Our mega, 50th anniversary convention will be held at the Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham, 9th-11th October, 2026! Put it in your diary now - you'll not want to miss this one...
5 months ago
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A lovely, crisp 'Good Night' for #MottoSlideMonday, courtesy of the #MartinGilbertCollection
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A charming donkey taking a drink during a #magiclantern show interval. Note the bird - Victorians couldn't resist a pun... #mottoslidemonday
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The amazing Oddities and Rarities Festival, this year in Ghent, Belgium...
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Lanterna Magica
Galantee Show
Do 6 November 2025
17u en 20u
Huis van Alijn Gent
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More fabulous kaleidoscopic thrills from the @MartinGilbertCollection for #chromatropethursday
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A Cthulu-inspired magic lantern lecture by TL Wiswell for Halloween at All Good Bookshop, London...
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A charming ship's bell "Good Night" for #mottoslidemonday
5 months ago
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At Last! An incredible new Magic Lantern Illuminant invented by the amazing Robin Palmer!
Robin demonstrated this light at the @magiclantern_society with all the lights on and sunshine outside, the projected image was dazzling
6 months ago
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Un petit "Bonsoir" pour #MottoslideMonday
6 months ago
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A reminder to all @magiclantern_society members that our Autumn Meeting will take place this Saturday, 18th October 2025, at Swedenbourg House. Details in the members' area of the website.
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Magic Lantern Society Awards 2025
Passionate about storytelling, historical media or visual performance? The Magic Lantern Society is seeking artists, performers, researchers, animators, film makers and creative writers to help bring the magic lantern to life.
www.magiclantern.org.uk/awards/
6 months ago
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A curtain "good night" for #MottoSlideMonday courtesy of the #MartinGilbertCollection
6 months ago
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Genuine triple (three-storeyed) lanterns are vanishingly rare - perhaps thirty left in the world. Many of them are in museums.
A decent alternative for showing three and four part #dissolvingviews combines a biunial (two-storeyed) and single lantern, carefully registered to exactly coincide views.
6 months ago
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"It gives me very great delight..." A delightful Edwardian greeting for #mottoslidemonday courtesy of the #martingilbertcollection
6 months ago
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A lovely chromotrope from the #MartinGilbertCollection for #ChromotropeThursday
6 months ago
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A classic, ruby-red "Farewell" for #MottoSlideMonday
6 months ago
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An unusual, stencilled example for #MottoSlideMonday, courtesy of the #MartinGilbertCollection
7 months ago
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Hooray! It's #ChromatropeThursday, featuring another humdinger from the #MartinGilbertCollection
7 months ago
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A charming late summer wreath for #mottoslidemonday courtesy of the magnificent #martingilbertcollection
7 months ago
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Some splendid 'artificial fireworks' from the #MartinGilbertCollection for #ChromatropeThursday
7 months ago
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A wonderful #homemade #magiclantern slide, presumably for something strict, like Sunday School, for #MottoSlideModay, courtesy of the fabulous #MartinGilbertCollection
7 months ago
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A charming lever slide of a goat and his girl. Origin unknown, perhaps it's from a fairy tale set.
7 months ago
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A small girl persuades a dog to pose for her camera in this 4-part #magiclantern photographic slide set
7 months ago
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An extremely popular (there seems to be one in every collection) but utterly baffling #slippingslide. According to Australian academic Patrick Spedding, it was a hilarious Victorian meme, used prolifically in postcards, badges and, magic lantern slides. patrickspedding.blogspot.com/2012/06/when...
8 months ago
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Pancks the cat investigating what is probably the most famous Victorian #magiclantern slide. 'Man Eating Rat' (aka Ratcatcher) is usually (but not always) a mechanical slide where a sleeping man (sometimes a chef) swallows rats. Thank you to @badvictorianist.bsky.social for the movie...
8 months ago
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A patriotic #magiclantern slide for #mottoslidemonday
8 months ago
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