Asian Art Lantern Slide Collection, circa 1900-1930

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Title:: Asian Art Lantern Slide Collection
Dates:: circa 1900-1930
Creators:: Department of History, Pomona College
Abstract:
Extent:: 35 boxes (12 linear feet), approximately 2,240 slides
Language:
Preferred citation:: Asian Art Lantern Slide Collection . Claremont Colleges, Pacific Basin Institute

Scope and content:: This collection of 2,240 black-and-white glass lantern slides features images of notable Asian art, architecture, monuments, and landscapes from the early twentieth century. Countries represented include China, Japan, Korea, and India. The collection also includes a number of art-historical images of Greece and Asia Minor. The collection was amassed by the Department of History at Pomona College, most likely for lectures on art history. The collection also includes a box of notecards with additional descriptions of each lantern slide.
Acquisition information:: Material was donated to the Pacific Basin Institute by the Pomona College History Department.

Subjects:: Lantern slides--History
Asia--Art and Architecture
Glass lantern slides
Names:: Pacific Basin Institute
Pomona College

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by Claremont Colleges, Pacific Basin Institute staff.
Date Prepared:: circa 1900-1930
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Permission to publish must be obtained from the Pacific Basin Institute Archive.

Preferred citation:: Asian Art Lantern Slide Collection . Claremont Colleges, Pacific Basin Institute

Location of this collection:: Claremont Colleges, Pacific Basin Institute

420 N. Harvard Avenue

Pomona, CA 91711, US