Libraries and Archives: Lantern Slide Collection: Abu Simbel

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    • Folder: Abu Simbel
      • Call Number: S10_08_Abu_Simbel
      • Series: Views, Objects: Egypt
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    The Brooklyn Museum's lantern slide collection was started by the Museum's curator of fine arts, William Henry Goodyear, in the late nineteenth century. The Museum's Libraries and Archives now holds 11,710 glass lantern slides, and selections can be seen here.

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