Tag Archives: lantern slide

A College Responds to the Spanish ‘Flu Outbreak of 1918-19

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Archaeology Archives Administrator

Archaeologists – at least the ones in our archives – had a knack for using whatever came to hand for their own purposes. This often leads to the preservation of surprising nuggets of social history wedged in between the archaeological research, … Continue reading →

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Repurposing the lantern slide way

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Archaeology Archives Administrator

One of our volunteers spotted this in one of the Institute’s lantern slide boxes and called it to our attention: What was it that attracted his interest? Was it the little round label ‘6054’ which indicated that the slide had … Continue reading →

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The Sanger Shepherd Process

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Archaeology Archives Administrator

We’re making a start on cleaning, digitizing and recording a beautiful cabinet of lantern slides which used to form part of the Ashmolean Lantern Slide Lending Library. It’s a big job, and one we couldn’t do without the help of our … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 24, 2015 by Archaeology Archives Administrator

The Historic Environment Image Researcher, Dr Janice Kinory, has been thinking about a particular image… ‘As a guest blogger, I’d like to use this venue to write about how old images in the HEIR Project collection can provide a fresh … Continue reading →

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Lost views: ‘Palaces of Mechatta’

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Archaeology Archives Administrator

This image from our lantern slide collection is labelled “PALACES OF MECHATTA: ON EDGE OF SYRIAN DESERT, CARVING” “SYRIA (6th AD) “XEm” The monumental unfinished palace of Qasr Mshatta was discovered and excavated in 1840, and lies about 30km south … Continue reading →

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