The Talk of the Toon

Picture Archive: Family & Relationships

A family around a table, from a magic lantern slide entitled "Here's the money" (c.1900s). Magic lanterns, first developed in the 17th Century, were precursors of modern slide projectors.

Image: (c) Beamish, The Living Museum of the North.
Photo Number 6105. Used with permission. For information on magic lanterns, see http://www.magiclantern.org.uk.