Miscellaneous Slides – Advertisements and Illustrations

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Originating Entity or IndividualParker, Rev. Frederick JohnDatec.1900-c.1940CollectionMagic Lantern Slides (1889 - 1940)Additional DescriptionPart of Lantern Slide Box 10 which contains 94 photographic transparencies [87 black and white and 7 hand coloured lantern slides].

Description of contents [complied in 1993]: Assorted slides; Individuals and places of considerable significance to Methodist Church of New Zealand.

The original wooden box bears a handwritten note: “Rev. Fred J. Parker, for anyone who can use them.” A second paper note found inside reads: “Mainly Māori Slides, Ministers, Churches, English Scenes.”

Many of the slides include captions, though they are unnumbered and appear to be grouped into five categories: England and other destinations; miscellaneous slides; portraits of Methodist ministers; Methodist churches across New Zealand; and the Methodist Māori Mission and New Zealand landscapes. Most slides show fine surface scratches, contain dust trapped between the glass layers, and a few are cracked.Box No.Lantern Slide Box 10Item No.65-71

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Restriction StatusOpen AccessPublic View MetadataYes

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Methodist Archives Collection DescriptionEx-Auckland Methodist Archives [Photographs Collection]

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PreservationSpecial HandlingRecord TypePhotograph

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