Beschreibung:

Case with painted label "Methodism in Eastern So. America." One group of slides appears to be illustrations of Bible verses or other religious themes. The other group is varied with several from Boston: Lexington Common; Trinity Church; No. End Park & Navy Yard; Faneuil Hall. Another group is of Washington, DC landmarks: Supreme Court Room, US Treasury Bldg (exterior and interior); From Washington monument east to Capitol, Joint Session of House & Senate; East Room of White House; painting in capitol, signing of Emancipation Proclamation; the Capitol; Down the Potomac River (with Washington monument); Patent office; President's office in White House. There are a number of paintings and statues, including bronze doors (one of Ferdinand and Isabella, one of the landing of the Spaniards in the Caribbean), two have text, another is a drawing of a scriptorium. The last major group is of native peoples, mostly of the New World, although one appears to be India. One unlabeled shows South American Indian women doing each other's hair; women carrying water from Lake Paparoocha, Peru; women carrying water from cerro de Pesco, Peru; Hopi at Mishongnovi, Arizona; Indian Warriors in council (Plains); Implements made by the Inca; Indian Fur Camp on the Plains; Old Caribs, Dominica; Indian Pueblo, New Mexico; Eskimo Mother, Babe and pet wolf on steamer deck, Greenland; Hopi Indian girls grinding corn, Arizona; Old Navajo Indian Woman Making Rug on a Primitive Loom; [Seminole]; Iroquois Indian Village, Canada; Indian [woman] making pottery, Oraibi, Arizona; one appears to be a man affixing a headpiece on a young dancer?; Indian Village, Reservation, Glacier Nat. Park. Just a few are in color. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: A few are cracked, but seem to be holding. handle of case broken.