The Talk of the Toon

Picture Archive: Media & Communication

An image of a grocer's shop interior from a series of magic lantern slides (c.1910). Two shop assistants are behind the counter busy tying up parcels. 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 6095. Used with permission. For information on magic lanterns, see http://www.magiclantern.org.uk.