Untitled
Ensign Limited
Category
Technological items
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, glass and wood
Measurements
Slide - 178 mm (length); 112 mm (width), Box - 900 mm (width); 900 mm (height); 34 mm (depth)
Place of origin
London WC1
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663787
Summary
A circular glass slide in a rectangular wooden frame. The picture shows a large industrial-type building in an arctic setting. There is also an empty cardboard magic lantern slide box. It has a blue paper cover and a yellow label with black print on the top and two adjacent sides. The label on the top reads 'Mickey Mouse Lantern Slides' over a picture illustrating the traffic troubles of Mickey Mouse. Alongside this is a description of who and where the slides were manufactured by. One end of the box has 'Mickey Mouse Lantern Slides 'Traffic Troubles' and a logo of Mickey Mouse. The other end has a list of other Mickey Mouse lantern slides. Total number of items is 3.
Marks and inscriptions
Top of the box: 'MICKEY MOUSE / LANTERN SLIDES / Produced by / special arrange- / ment with Walt / Disney from / the Mickey / Mouse movie / stories publish- / ed by Dean and / Son, Ltd., / by / ENSIGN / LIMITED / LONDON / W.C.1'
Makers and roles
Ensign Limited, maker