Many lodges made use of magic lanterns in their presentations much as is done today using Power Point slides. The lodge's magic lantern was restored to operating condition by brother Wayde Allen in 2022.
Slideshow
The bulb still works
The lamp housing disassembled
The lamp housing back together after re-wiring the power cord
The projector assembly
The projector disassembled
Matching up the lamp housing and projector
Projecting a slide (it's a busy picture since there are pictures also hung on the wall, it was just a test)
Testing the projector
Brother David Vaughan setting up the projector in the lodge room