Browse Items (99 total)

The Northern Trading Co's steam wheeler 'Trader', pictured at 11:30 at night with the sun only just going down. This slide is shown in full, showing the black paper used to frame the image and the red and white indexing stickers.

A boat hanging in midair as it is navigated over a short waterfall. This slide is shown in full, showing the black paper used to frame the image and the red and white indexing stickers.

Attempting to ford the Salt River on horseback. This slide is shown in full, showing the black paper used to frame the image and the red and white indexing stickers.

A portrait of the cook on a steamwheeler, posing with fresh fish (though not trout as the caption indicates). This slide is shown in full, showing the black paper used to frame the image and the red and white indexing stickers.

A stack of boxes from magic lantern slide plates and photographic dry plates, from the Miriam Green Ellis collection.

Two of Miriam Green Ellis' wooden boxes, used for storing and shipping her magic lantern slides, displayed with boxes of photographic dry plates and magic lantern plates.

A wooden box used for shipping and storing Miriam Green Ellis' collection of magic lantern slides, with storage tag attached. The leather handle is still in excellent shape.

An arrangement of items from the Miriam Green Ellis collection, including two of the original storage boxes and mix of photography dry plate and magic lantern plate boxes.

A wooden box used for shipping and storing Miriam Green Ellis' collection of magic lantern slides, opened to show the interior. Stiff cardboard dividers separate individual slides.

Reverse of Miriam Green Ellis' scratch notes, detailing the order of slides for one of her magic lantern shows. The note is written on a stationary envelope from the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, Canada.