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Catalogue of Lantern Slides, circa 1914

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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Chas. M. Stebbins Picture Supply Co. Small example of how slides were distributed through catalogs. The largest distributors had catalogs of 250+ pages. Most of Beale's slides were carried by more than 100 lantern-slide companies, including all of the largest.

Dates: circa 1914

Life magazine, 1940 January 8

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
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Three-page review of exhibit of Beale paintings at the Atwater Kent Museum in Philadelphia. Calls Beale a "great magic-lantern artist," the first time his actual artistic role is recognized. Previous press reports had said his work was to illustrate books that had never been published, and so Beale's paintings had never been seen before-a clever marketing ploy by Arthur Colen, who purchased Beale's work, and used this story to get an exhibit of it at The Whitney Museum of American Art.

Dates: 1940 January 8

Broadsides, 1876-1900

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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Two broadsides, one of Nettz shows that included three Beale slide sets, the other for an illustrated lecture on the 1876 Centennial in Philadelphia. Examples of the kind of show promotion common in the field.

Dates: 1876-1900