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SUMMARY:Through the Lens: Magic Lantern Show
DESCRIPTION:Experience the precursor to cinema and moving pictures! Historian Mike Zahs and librarian Elizabeth Riordan will present a free, live Magic Lantern show at the Library.\nThey will recreate these historic projected shows using lanterns and glass slides from the 1800s. The presenters will also explore the unique features of this early form of entertainment.\nZahs has spent years preserving and sharing the slides, films, and archive of media entrepreneur W.F. Brinton of Washington, Iowa. The collection is now housed with the University of Iowa Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives. Zahs was featured in the 2017 documentary Saving Brinton.\nPresented in partnership with Ames Public Library, Ames History Museum, and University of Iowa Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives.\n
URL:https://discoverames.com/events/through-the-lens-magic-lantern-show/
CATEGORIES:History,Lecture
LOCATION:515 Douglas Ave., Ames, Iowa
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