Sold: Movie Theater Slide

Instructive slide from a movie theater / painted glass / c. 1910s

Hand-colored glass slide instructing women to remove their hats during the projection of a motion picture, c. 1910s. The slide, along with advertisements, would have been projected onto the screen prior to a show at a Nicklelodeon. The expansive styles of Edwardian ladies’ headwear were the scourge of the viewing public in early picture palaces, as satirized in period films such Charlie Chaplin’s 1915 A Night at the Show, in which Chaplin removes all of the feathers from the chapeau of the seated lady blocking his view.

Manufactured by the Marshaw Slide Co. of Kansas City, MO, the slide encourages women patrons to preserve their feathers: “This Lady is Removing Her Hat — Will the Others Follow This Good Example.”

A rare piece of film and social history from the early days of the motion picture industry.

Very good antique condition.

Measurements

4 inches wide

3.25 inches tall

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