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Aims of the Society: The Magic Lantern Society
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Intro to Lantern History. Aims of The Magic Lantern Society. The aims and objectives of the Society, as defined in our Constitution, are:. To provide for those interested in the history and development of the Magic Lantern media, from apparatus, slides and accessories to other visual effects, optical toys, early film and related ephemera, a forum in which to meet and a framework for research, conservation and documentation.
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Benefits of Membership: The Magic Lantern Society
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Intro to Lantern History. A Fiji Warrior by George Washington Wilson. Membership of the Magic Lantern Society brings many benefits. The principal features of membership are:. Approximately every four years. Occasional visits to major international exhibitions and archive collections. A quarterly publication, The Magic Lantern. With reports on Society activities and articles of general and historical interest. Access to the Society’s unique Slide Readings Library. Access to the Members’ Area.
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International Conventions: The Magic Lantern Society
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Intro to Lantern History. The Magic Lantern Society International Convention. Every four years the Society hosts an International Convention in Great Britain. The last two Conventions, in 2009 in London and 2013 in Birmingham, saw members attending from around the world for three wonderful days of discussion, lectures, shows, an exhibition and an auction. The Convention has usually also seen the launch of a new addition to the Society’s catalogue of publications. Relating to the Magic Lantern.
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Members’ Area: The Magic Lantern Society
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Intro to Lantern History. Please log in, using your personal MLS username and password. Ndash; this is the password that is specific to you, introduced in April 2013. If you have mislaid or forgotten your username and password, please contact us. If you are seeing this message and were previously logged in, your login has probably ‘timed out’ after a period of inactivity (this is a security feature). Please log in again.
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Renew Membership: The Magic Lantern Society
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Intro to Lantern History. Please log in, using your personal MLS username and password. Ndash; this is the password that is specific to you, introduced in April 2013. If you have mislaid or forgotten your username and password, please contact us. If you are seeing this message and were previously logged in, your login has probably ‘timed out’ after a period of inactivity (this is a security feature). Please log in again.
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Slide Readings Library: The Magic Lantern Society
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Intro to Lantern History. No magic lantern show consisted of slides alone: there were always elements like music, audience participation or the spoken word. Especially in the later nineteenth century, many slide producers published ‘readings’ giving a recitation, story or lecture to accompany the slide images. The Society’s Readings Library. Project, launched in 1995, collects copies of surviving readings and sheet music. The Library currently comprises 2,925. Search for a reading. Access to the Library.
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An Introduction to Lantern History: The Magic Lantern Society
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Intro to Lantern History. An Introduction to Lantern History: Part 1. An Introduction to the Introduction. Sturm Lantern, 1676. Triunial Lantern, 1890s. In these pages we hope to give an outline of a long and varied international history, but of course can only touch the surface. If you would like to know more about this fascinating subject, see the Society’s various Publications. Ndash; or why not Join Us. Go on to Part 2.
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Auctions: The Magic Lantern Society
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Intro to Lantern History. Auctions of lanterns, slides and other material. From time to time, the Society hosts auctions at our meetings. These are open to Society members only and give the chance to acquire hard-to-find items, often at very competitive prices. An auction, usually running to several hundred items, is held during our International Convention.
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Images of Slides: The Magic Lantern Society
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Intro to Lantern History. Images of Lantern Slides. Move your cursor over the image to see a Chromatrope Lantern Slide Animation. Lantern Slides come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. From the seventeenth century different manufacturers and countries engaged in fierce competition to establish their own sizes as the ‘standard’. Many manufacturers also invented ingenious mechanisms to create movement or animation in the projected image. Today the range of slide types can seem quite bewildering.
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Active Lanternists: The Magic Lantern Society
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Intro to Lantern History. The Art of Projection. A classic book on the Magic Lantern. Many members of the Magic Lantern Society regularly use original equipment and slides to present lantern shows to clubs, organisations, Universities and special interest groups, as well as at Society meetings. If you are interested in arranging a lantern show, browse the list below to see if there is a suitable lanternist near you:.
