TRANSPARENCY, LANTERN-SLIDE

Description: .1) BOX. SQUARE ROSE COLOURED CARDBOARD BOX WITH WHITE PAPER LABEL WHICH READS "GEVAERT LANTERN-PLATES". "HOLY LAND" IS HAND WRITTEN ACROSS TOP. .2) GLASS PLATE. 8.2CM X 8.2CM X 0.3CM SQUARE GLASS PLATE WITH BLACK PAPER EDGING. IMAGE IS OF A JAPANESE WOMAN SITTING INSIDE A WOODEN BATH TUB. SLIDE HAS WHITE LABEL WHICH READS "THE FILM AND SLIDE COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD.". .3) GLASS PLATE. IDENTICAL TO .2), EXCEPT IMAGE IS OF A COLORED DRAWING ROOM. .4) GLASS PLATE. IDENTICAL TO .2), EXCEPT IMAGE IS OF WORKERS IN A RICE FIELD. .5) GLASS PLATE. IDENTICAL TO .2), EXCEPT IMAGE IS COLOUR PICTURE OF A FOREST. .6) GLASS PLATE. IDENTICAL TO .2), EXCEPT IMAGE IS OF A JAPANESE POTTERY SHOP. .7) GLASS PLATE. IDENTICAL TO .2), EXCEPT IMAGE IS OF FOUR MEN PULLING HAND-DRAWN CARTS WITH LADIES IN THEM. GLASS HAS THREE CRACKS.

History: LANTERN PLATES BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHO WAS INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND OTHER VISUAL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION AS A HOBBY. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.