Department of Horticultural Science lantern slides and glass plate negatives digitized and online

Hoover and Grimes apples, colorized, circa 1910

Hoover and Grimes apples, colorized, circa 1910

The NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce that the collection of lantern slides and glass plate negatives from the Department of Horticultural Science Records have all been digitized and can be viewed online.

These are amazing images dating from the 1900s to the 1950s, featuring primarily scenes of planting, harvesting, and shipping fruits and vegetables, but also landscapes children at play, and more. The most eye-catching of the slides are the hand-colored ones, intricately and vibrantly painted.

Children with fruit and vegetables in wagon, drawn by goat, circa 1910
Children with fruit and vegetables in wagon, drawn by goat, circa 1910
Grandfather Mountain viewed from the Watauga Turnpike, colorized, circa 1910
Grandfather Mountain viewed from the Watauga Turnpike, colorized, circa 1910
Basket of strawberries, colorized, circa 1910
Basket of strawberries, colorized, circa 1910

 

If you would like to learn more about the Special Collection Research Center and our over 150,000 resources of digitized materials, please visit the Rare and Unique Digital Collections for access to images, video, audio recordings, and textual materials. You can also visit Historical State for a timeline of the history of NC State, and explore our collection guides.

If you have questions about our collections or would like to view Special Collections materials in person, please contact us at library_specialcollections@ncsu.edu or submit a request online.

The Special Collections Research Center is open by appointment only. Appointments are available Monday–Friday, 9am–6pm and Saturday, 1pm–5pm. Requests for a Saturday appointment must be received no later than Tuesday of the same week.