American Press Association Lantern Slides

Series 3: American Press Association lantern slides, undated, is divided into ten subseries: Subseries 1: General Images, undated; Subseries 2: Coffins and soldiers, undated; Subseries 3: Mexican War, undated; Subseries 4: Niagara Falls Conference, undated; Subseries 5: Pancho Villa and Major Gonzales, undated; Subseries 6: Parade, undated; Subseries 7: Refugees, undated; Subseries 8: Warships, undated; Subseries 9: West Virginia Mine Explosion, undated; and Subseries 10: Women March for Votes (Suffrage), undated. The series consists of lantern slides from the American Press Association depicting news events from early twentieth century history (e.g., Mexican War; Ludlow Colorado strike; suffragettes; Gettysburg veterans; various ship disasters). Each slide has a caption with a brief description of the scene. Many slides are cracked; one is completely broken and is in a folded paper. There are also approximately fifty slides with scenes of events associated with the Mexican-American War, most with short captions identifying the scenes. Many of these slides are cracked.