Magic Lantern Toy Projector

Date1900

Credit LineGift of Mrs. R. C. Wilson, London, Ontario, 1965

Object number1965.094.001

Label TextThis is a child's Ernst Plank magic lantern, one of the most popular models available at that time. The Ernst Plank Company was located in the German toy town of Nuremberg. In 1866 it was enrolled in the Commercial Register of Nuremberg as 'Ernst Plank, Fabrik Optischer und Mechanischer Waren'. Besides magic lanterns the firm also made all kinds of tin toy steamboats and train sets. The company survived the First World War, but magic lantern production gradually ceased in the 1920s. In 1930 the factory was sold to Hans and Fritz Schaller, who specialized in home movie equipments. After World War II their company was known as Noris Projektion GmbH.

NameProjector, Lantern Slide