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The Mystique of Magic Lanterns (Photo)

Magic lanterns were used for storytelling and entertainment through the early 1900s.

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The Mystique of Magic Lanterns (Photo)

By Epoch Times Staff

7/10/2011Updated: 10/1/2015

<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/MagicLantern3.jpg" alt="INVENTING MAGIC: Regarded as the earliest forms of slide and movie projectors, magic lanterns, such as the one pictured above, were able to project colored images onto walls and sheets by shining light through slides of painted glass. Magic lanterns, believed to have been invented during the 17th century, were used for storytelling and entertainment through the early 1900s. (Holger Ellgaard )" title="INVENTING MAGIC: Regarded as the earliest forms of slide and movie projectors, magic lanterns, such as the one pictured above, were able to project colored images onto walls and sheets by shining light through slides of painted glass. Magic lanterns, believed to have been invented during the 17th century, were used for storytelling and entertainment through the early 1900s. (Holger Ellgaard )" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1801085"/></a>

INVENTING MAGIC: Regarded as the earliest forms of slide and movie projectors, magic lanterns, such as the one pictured above, were able to project colored images onto walls and sheets by shining light through slides of painted glass. Magic lanterns, believed to have been invented during the 17th century, were used for storytelling and entertainment through the early 1900s. (Holger Ellgaard )

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