WWI smoked glass slides

[mcjp]

Hi everyone.

Wondering if anyone can help me with these.
Have about 44 of these. Varied WWI images, captioned in French. Believed to be Belgium.

Any thoughts? Value?

All the best.

Mike.

 

[JP]

No idea on value, caption seems to read Fortin blindé Belge ( AKA Fortified/re-enforced Belgian stronghold)

 

[RobSmith]

Best thing you can do these days is to go on ebay and have a look at what price this stuff sells for these days ...

 

[skirsons]

What ever happened to the Maginot line?

 

[MauserMike]

I'm pretty sure this is an antique "lantern slide" made for the "magic lantern" projector.

 

[skirsons]

Is that on a train?

 

[JP]

Yes the first word, could be train. Very hard to read script handwriting and the photo is very fuzzy. Could also say Armored Belgian train.

 

[Claven2]

It looks like one of the fort complexes at Liege.

 

[RobSmith]

I read the caption as "train blinde Belge" ... Belgian armored train. The first word is indeed sort of fuzzy but the last 2 are pretty clear. It does look an awful lot like a train of some sort when you look closely.

 

[mcjp]

That one is of a train.

"lantern slide". Thank you for adding that.
Some like this one show a "staged" shot. Others are of actual trench area's, shelled buildings, etc.

Sorry for the quality of the shot. It was difficult to find a way to photograph it so the image could be seen.

 

[stevebc]

Have you tried calling the Canadian War Museum?

 

[mcjp]

Have you tried calling the Canadian War Museum?

That's a thought.

 

[woodchopper]

wow, now there is some history.

you say you have 44, how about scanning them in high res and posting a few more. Like all of them.... please

 

[Claven2]

+1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mcjp]

Ok.
What's a high res scan?

wow, now there is some history.

you say you have 44, how about scanning them in high res and posting a few more. Like all of them.... please

 

[woodchopper]

flat bed scanner 1200dpi or better.

but thinking about it now there don't seem to be as many people out there with computer scanners anymore.

basically its like photocopying but digital output.

 

[MauserMike]

You need a scanner that can scan in transmissive mode - i.e. light comes from top lid, through the side rather than reflected from the bottom.

I've got a nice one I use for scanning large film formats but I'm 4200km away from you

 

[mcjp]

I'll hold them up to the light again then.
I'll get on it this eve.

 

[Killer Kanuck]

If there are any of Canadian troops I bet the Canada Remembers section of Veterans Affairs Canada would love to have copies/scans of them to use in commemorative projects.

 

[Claven2]

By the way, any higher-end photo studio should be able to make photographs from those slides.