Lantern slide projector

Arthur Trengove was one of the large family of James and Catherine Trengove of Bute. Four of the sons were sent to Way College, the Bible Christian school and theological training college at Wayville, which is now Annesley College. Here the brothers were keen cricketers, and Arthur studied for the ministry. He was sent to Brighton Methodist Church as a probationary minister in 1905. One year later he was given his first responsible position as minister at Wilmington.

Trengove clearly began taking photographs prior to his move to Wilmington, although here his art developed considerably. His negatives were made into glass lantern slides, for use with a lantern projector. While at Brighton he had spoken about his travels around the state, being reported as talking at the Goodwood Presbyterian anniversary about his experiences on the River Murray (Advertiser, 20 April 1905, p. 7) and he now began using slides of his photographs to illustrate talks to churches and other groups. In 1929 he spoke and showed 142 slides of the Flinders Ranges at the monthly meeting of the Field Naturalists' Society. (Advertiser, 19 June 1929, p. 12)

His glass slide collection, given to the State Library by his daughter, numbers over 1,000 slides. These cover scenes of the Flinders Ranges, South Coast, River Murray, Eyre Peninsula and Adelaide.

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