Magic Lantern Slides - The Berkeley Geography Collection

Magic Lantern Slides The Berkeley Geography Collection

Crew of Jack London's yacht, the Snark.		In the early years of the twentieth century glass lantern slides, sometimes hand-tinted, were a popular form of entertainment, known as "magic lantern" exhibitions. They were also used in education. An interesting collection of these slides has ended up in the possession of the Geography Department, University of California, Berkeley. Some are part of a series used by the Southern Pacific Railroad to show off the beauties of California,where it not only monopolized transport, but also owned a tremendous amount of land. Another series seems to have been assembled to aid in teaching the physical geography of California. The slides date from about 1900 to around 1915.

			Table of Contents - By Regions North Coast and Coast Ranges Klamath and Cascade Mountains San Francisco and the Bay Area The Great Valley - Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys The Sierra Nevada Mountains and Sierra Foothills The Central Coast and Coast Ranges Southern California The Deserts of California see also: a map of the Counties of California



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